New  York,  N.  Y.  Ordinances,  Local 

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Laws,  etc. 

Sanitary  Code  of  the  Board  of 
Health  of  the  Health  Department  of 
the  City  of  New  York.  Adopted 

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by  the  Department  of  Health  June 

2,  1873  and  as  amended  January. 
1889.   1889. 


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HEALTH  DEPARTMENT 


JANUARY,    1889. 


NEW   YORK.: 
MARTIN   K  HROWN,  PRINTER  AND  STATK.NKK, 

49   AND    51    PARK    I'LACB. 


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THE  SANITARY  CODE. 


The  Sanitary  Ordinances  adopted  by  the  Department  of 
Health,  called  the  Sanitary  Code,  and  conformed  to 
Article  XI.  of  Chapter  335,  of  the  Laws  of  1873,  by 
the  Board  of  Health,  June  2,  1873,  with  the  amend- 
ments and  additional  provisions-  pursuant  to  Section 
82  of  said  article,  added  and  published  to  December 
1,  1889. 

DEFINITIONS    OP  TERMS. 

SECTION  1.  That  the  terms  "  Board, "  "this  Board," 
and  "said  Board  "  shall  be  held  to  mean -the  "Board  of 
Health  of  the  Health  Department  of  the  City  of  New 
York;"  that  the  word  "Department,"  wherever  used 
herein,  shall  be  held  to  mean  the  Health  Department  of 
the  City  of  New  York;  that  the  words  "person," 
"owner,"  "tenant,"  "lessee,"  "occupant,"  "con- 
tractor," "party,"  "manager,"  "board,"  and  "officer," 
shall  respectively  be  held  to  apply  and  to  include,  both 
jointly  and  severally,  each  and  all  owners,  part-owners, 
tenants,  lessees,  occupants,  managers,  contractors,  parties 
in  interest,  persons,  officers,  boards,  and  corporations, 


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who  may  sustain  the  relations,  or  may  be  in  like  position 
of  any  one  or  more  thereof  referred  to  in  any  ordinance 
or  regulation ;  that  every  order,  ordinance,  or  regulation 
declared  applicable  to  the  built-up  portion  of  New 
York,  shall,  so  far  as  the  subject  matter  thereof  is  ap- 
plicable (save  as  to  interments),  and  so  far  as  this  Board 
has  authority  to  make  the  same,  be  held  to  include  and 
apply  to  the  built-up  portions  of  said  city ;  that  every 
word  or  phrase  anywhere  herein  defined  shall  be  held  to 
include  the  same  sense  whenever  used ;  that  the  words 
"  city,'' or  "this  city,"  or  "said  city,"  whenever  used 
herein,  shall  be  held  to  mean  the  City  of  New  York ;  that 
the  word  "  regulations  "  shall  be  held  to  include  "special 
regulations "  (which  latter  will  be  from  time  to  time 
issued,  and  will  contain  more  detailed  provisions  than 
can  be  herein  conveniently  set  forth) ;  that  the  word 
"permit"  shall  be  construed  to  mean  the  permission  in 
writing  of  this  Board,  issued  according  to  its  by-laws, 
rules,  regulations,  and  Sanitary  Code ;  and  that  every 
"report"  herein  required  shall  be  held  to  be  a  report  in 
writing,  signed  by  the  person  (and  indicating  his  official 
position)  who  makes  the  same;  that  the  word  "liglit" 
or  "lighted,"  shall  be  held  to  refer  to  natural,  external 
light ;  and  that  all  words  and  phrases  herein  defined 
shall  also  include  their  usual  and  natural  meaning,  as 
well  as  those  herein  especially  given. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  word  "  street,"  when  used  in  the  Sani- 
tary Code,  shall  be  held  to  include  avenues,  sidewalks, 
gutters,  and  public  alleys ;  and  the  words  "  public  place  " 
shall  be  held  to  include  parks,  piers,  docks,  and  wharves, 
and  water  and  open  spaces  thereto  adjacent,  and  also 


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public  yards,  grounds,  and  areas,  and  all  open  spaces 
between  buildings  and  streets,  and  in  view  of  such 
streets;  the  word  "  ashes  "  shall  be  held  to  include  cin- 
ders, coal,  and  everything  that  usually  remains  after 
fires;  the  word  ''rubbish"  shall  be  held  to  include  all 
the  loose  and  decayed  material  and  dirt-like  substance 
that  attends  use  or  decay,  or  which  accumulates  from 
building,  storing,  or  cleaning ;  the  word  "  garbage " 
shall  be  held  to  include  every  accumulation  of  both  ani- 
mal and  vegetable  matter,  liquid  or  otherwise,  that  at- 
tends the  preparation,  decay,  and  dealing  in,  or  storage 
of  meats,  fish,  fowls,  birds,  or  vegetables  ;  and  the  word 
"  dirt "  shall  be  held  to  mean  natural  soil,  earth,  and 
stone. 

SEC.  3.  "That  a  "  tenement- house"  shall  be  taken  to 
mean  and  include  every  house,  building,  or  portion 
thereof,  which  is  rented,  leased,  let  or  hired  out  to  be 
occupied,  or  is  occupied,  as  tn"e  house,  home,  or  resi- 
dence of  three  or  more  families  living  independently 
of  one  another,  and  doing  their  cooking  upon  the 
preniises,  or  by  more  than  two  families  upon  a  floor,  so 
living  and  cooking,  but  having  a  common  right  in  the 
halls,  stairways,  yards,  water-closets,  or  privies,  or 
some  of  them.  A  "lodging-house"  shall  be  taken  to 
mean  and  include  any  house  or  building,  or  portion 
thereof,  in  which  persons  are  harbored  or  received,  or 
lodged  for  hire  for  a  single  night,  or  for  less  than  one 
week  at  a  time,  or  any  part  of  which  is  let  for  any  per- 
sons to  sleep  in  for  any  term  less  than  a  week.  A 
"  cellar''  shall  be  taken  to  mean  and  include  every 
basement  and  lower  story  of  any  building  or  house  of 

*  As  amended,  August  18,  1887. 


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which  one-half  or  more  of  the  height^  from  the  floor 
to  the  ceiling  is  below  the  level  of  the  street  adjoining. 
The  phrase  "boarding-house"  shall  be  held  to  include 
every  building,  and  every  story  and  portion  thereof, 
which  is  at  any  time  or  usually  used,  leased,  or  occu- 
pied, or  intended  so  to  be,  by  any  number  of  persons 
exceeding  ten,  as  boarders  thereat.  The  word  "  manu- 
factory "  shall  be  held  to  include  every  building,  and 
every  story  and  portion  thereof,  in  which  any  sort  of 
labor  or  work  is  done,  which  calls  for  the  continual  or 
usual  presence  of  several  persons  during  several  hours 
of  the  day  or  night,  engaged  about  said  work  or  labor; 
and  the  word  "  saloon"  shall  be  held  to  include  every 
portion  of  any  building  in  which  the  business  of  sell- 
ing meals,  liquors,  drinks,  or  refreshments  of  any  kind, 
shall  be  conducted,  and  includes  "  concert  saloons." 

SEC.  4..  That  the  term  "theatre"  shall  be  held  to 
include  the  building,  rooms,  and  place  where  any  play, 
concert,  opera,  circus,  trick  or  jugglery  show,  gym- 
nastic or  other  exhibition,  masquerade,  public  dance, 
drill,  lecture,  address,  or  other  public  or  frequent 
gathering  or  amusement,  are,  is,  or  may  be  held,  given, 
performed,  or  take  place,  and  the  approach  or  ap- 
proaches thereto,  and  appurtenances  thereof. 

SEC.  5.*  That  the  word  "Physician"  shall  include 
dentists,  and  every  other  person  who  practices  about 
the  cure  of  the  sick  or  injured,  or  who  has  the  charge 
of,  or  professionally  prescribes  for.  any  person  sick, 
injured,  or  diseased,  and  any  person  who  pursues  the 
business  of  or  acts  as  midwife;  that  the  phrase  "con- 

*  A6  amended,  March  Z\,  18&4. 


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tagious  disease"  shall  be  held  to  include  all  persons 
sick,  affected,  or  attacked  by  or  of  a  disease  of  an  infec- 
tious, contagious,  or  pestilential  nature  (more  especially, 
however,  referring  to  cholera,  yellow  fever,  small-pox, 
diphtheria,  ship  or  typhus,  typhoid,  spotted,  relapsing, 
and  scarlet  fevers),  and  also  including  any  new  disease 
of  an  infectious,  contagious,  or  pestilential  nature,  and 
also  any  other  disease  publicly  declared  by  this 
Board  dangerous  to  the  public  health ;  and  every 
physician  in  said  city  shall  at  all  times  cause  his  or 
her  name,  office  and  residence,  'and  also  his  or  her 
kind  and  class  of  practice,  to  be  registered  within  the 
Sanitary  Bureau  and  in  a  manner  according  to  the 
regulations  prescribed  by  this  Board. 

SEC.  6.  That  the  word  "meat  "  whenever  herein  used, 
includes  every  part  of  any  land  animal  and  eggs  (whether 
mixed  or  not  with  any  other  substance) ;  and  the  word 
"fish  "  includes  every  part  of  any  animal  that  lives  in 
water,  or  the  flesh  of  which  is  not  meat ;  and  the  word 
"  vegetable  "  includes  every  article  of  human  consump- 
tion as  food,  which  (not  being  meat,  or  fish,  or  milk)  is 
held,  or  offered,  or  intended  for  sale  or  consumption  as 
food  for  human  .beings,  at  any  place  in  said  city  ;  and  all 
fish  and  meat  found  therein  shall  be  deemed  to  be  therein, 
and  held  for  such  sale  or  consumption  as  such  food,  unless 
the  contrary  be  distinctly  proved. 

SEC.  7.  That  the  word  "cattle"  shall  be  held  to 
include  all  animals,  e'xcept  birds,  fowl,  and  fish,  of 
which  any  part  of  the  body  is  used  as  food ;  the  word 
"  butcher  "  shall  be  held  to  include  whoever  is  engaged 
in  the  business  of  keeping,  driving,  or  slaughtering  any 


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cattle,  or  in  selling  any  meat;  the  words  "private 
market "  shall  include  every  store,  cellar,  stand,  and 
place  (not  being  a  part  of  a  public  market)  at  which  the 
business  is  the  buying,  selling,  or  keeping  for  sale,  of 
meat,  fish,  or  vegetables  for  human  food. 

MISFEASANCE  AND   NONFEASANCE. 

SEC.  8.  That  no  person  shall  carelessly  or  negligently 
do  or  devise  or  contribute  to  the  doing  of  any  act  or 
thing  dangerous  to  the  life,  or  detrimental  to  the  health 
of  any  human  being  ;  nor  shall  any  person  knowingly  do 
or  advise  or  contribute  to  the  doing  of  any  such  act  or 
thing  (not  actually  authorized  by  law),  except  with 
justifiable  motives,  and  for  adequate  reasons  ;  nor  shall 
any  person  omit  to  do  any  act,  or  to  take  any  precaution, 
reasonable  and  proper,  to  prevent  or  remove  danger  or 
•  detriment  to  the  life  or  health  of  any  human  being. 

OBEDIENCE  TO   ORDINANCES  AND  REGULATIONS. 

SEC.  9.  That  every  contractor  in  these  ordinances 
referred  to,  and  every  person  who  has  contracted,  or 
undertakes,  or  is  bound  to  do,  or  is  engaged  in  doing  any 
one  of  these  things,  in  respect  of  which  these  ordinances 
contain  provisions  or  regulations,  shall  comply  with  these 
ordinances,  to  the  extent  that  any  contract,  obligation,  or 
duty  requires  or  permits ;  and  no  direction  of  any  con- 
tractors or  persons  shall  excuse  him  for  a  non-compli- 
ance with  any  of  said  ordinances. 

SEC.  10.  That  every  person  shall  observe  and  obey  each 
and  every  special  regulation  and  every  order  of  this 


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Board,  that  is  or  may  be  made,  for  carrying  into  effect 
any  of  the  ordinances  or  powers  hereinbefore  or  herein- 
after contained,  or  any  law  of  this  State  or  otherwise, 
whether  issued  directly  by  the  Board,  or  promulgated 
by  any  Bureau  charged  therewith,  as  if  the  same  Imd 
been  herein  inserted  at  length. 

ENFORCEMENT   OP   ORDINANCES. 

SEC.  11.  That  the  Inspectors  of  this  Department,  and 
its  proper  officers  and  agents,  shall  make  the  inspections 
and  examinations  required  bylaw;  that  the  Board  of 
Police  of  the  City  of  New  York,  do  execute  and  cause  to 
be  executed  all  the  orders  of  this  Board  when  so  specially 
ordered  ;  and  all  persons  are  hereby  forbidden  to  interfere 
with  or  obstruct  such  inspection,  examination,  or  execu- 
tion. 

SEC.  12.  That  except  as  herein  specially  or  otherwise 
provided,  or  may  be  hereafter  provided,  or  as  is  otherwise 
made  necessary  by  the  laws  of  the  State,  the  Board  of 
Police  of  the  Police  Department  shall,  through  its  proper 
officers  and  men,  and  as  near  as  may  be  according  to 
existing  regulations,  or  amendments  to  be  made  thereto, 
on.  advice  of  this  Department,  and  subject  to  the  super- 
vision of  this  Department,  carry  into  effect  and  exercise 
the  sanitary  powers  heretofore  exercised  by  the  Board  of 
Police;  and  that  said  Board  of  Police  shall  keep  this 
Department  regularly  advised  of  its  action  in  that  behalf, 
and  shall  conform  to  these  and  all  future  ordinances,  and 
to  all  special  regulations  of  this  Department. 


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BILLS   OF   HEALTH. 

SEC.  13.  That  no  person,  officer,  or  board  within  said 
city  (except  this  Board  or  its  proper  officers,  or  proper 
officers  of  any  bureau  of  this  Department,  and  as  the 
regulations  prescribed  by  this  Board  shall  provide),  shall 
grant,  sign,  or  deliver  any  Certificate  or  "Bill  of  Health." 

MEDICINES,    ADULTERATIONS   AND   POISONS. 

SEC.  14.  That  no  doctor,  druggist  or  other  person  shall 
make,  sell,  put  up,  prepare,  or  administer  any  prescrip- 
tion, decoction,  or  medicine  under  any  deceptive  or 
fraudulent  name,  direction,  or  pretense;  nor  shall  any 
false  or  deceptive  representation  be  made  by  any  person 
to  any  other,  as  to  the  kind,  quality,  purpose,  or  effect  of 
any  such  or  other  drug,  medicine,  decoction,  drink,  or 
other  article  offered  or  intended  to  be  taken  as  food  or 
medicine. 

SEC.  15.  That  no  poisonous  medicine,  decoction,  or 
substance  shall  be  held  for  sale,  or  sold,  except  for  law- 
ful purposes  and  with  proper  motives,  and  by  persons 
competent  to  give  the  proper  directions  and  precautions 
as  to  the  use  thereof ;  nor  shall  any  bottle,  box,  parcel  or 
receptacle  thereof  be  delivered  to  any  person  unless  the 
same  is  marked  "Poison,"  nor  to  any  person  who  the 
party  delivering  the  same  has  reason  to  think  intends  it 
for  any  illegal  or  improper  use  or  purpose. 

SEC.  16.  That  no  person  shall  make,  offer,  or  have  for 
sale,  or  keep  at  any  place  of  sale  any  "  poisonous,  un- 
wholesome, deleterious,  or  adulterated  drugs,  medicines, 
or  food,"  or  in  respect  thereto  omit  any  act  or  thing 


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required,  or  do  any  act  forbidden  by  any  law  or  health 
regulation  of  this  State  applicable  in  any  part  of  said 
city. 

CONSTRUCTION   OF   BUILDINGS,    VENTILATION  AND 
DRAINAGE. 

SEC.  17.  *  That  no  person  shall  hereafter  erect,  or  cause 
to  be  erected,  or  converted  to  a  new  purpose  by  altera- 
tion, any  building  or  structure,  or  change  the  construction 
of  any  part  of  any  building  by  addition  or  otherwise,  so 
that  it,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  inadequate  or  defec- 
tive in  respect  to  strength,  ventilation,  light,  sewerage,  or 
of  any  other  usual,  proper,  or  necessary  provision  or  pre- 
caution for  the  security  of  life  and  health  ;  and  no  per- 
son shall  make  or  use  a  smoke  house  or  room,  or  apparatus 
for  smoking  meat,  in'  any  tenement  or  lodging-house, 
without  a  permit  in  writing  from  the  Board  of  Health, 
and  subject  to  the  conditions  thereof;  nor  shall  the 
builder,  lessee,  tenant  or  occupant  of  any  such,  or  of  any 
other  building  or  structure,  cause  or  allow  any  matter  or 
thingvto  be  or  to  be  done  in  or  about  any  such  building 
or  structure  dangerous  or  prejudicial  to  life  or  health. 

SEC.  18.  f  That  no  owner  or  lessee  of  any  building,  or 
any  part  thereof,  shall  lease  or  let,  or  hire  out  the  same 
or  any  portion  thereof,  to  be  occupied  by  any  person,  or 
allow  the  same  to  be  occupied,  as  a  place  in  which,  or  for 
any  one,  to  dwell  or  lodge,  except  when  said  buildings 
or  such  parts  thereof  are  sufficiently  lighted,  ventilated, 
provided  and  accommodated,  and  are  in  all  respects  in 
that  condition  of  cleanliness  and  wholesomeness,  for 

*  AH  amended,  March  4,  1881. 
+  AH  ;iin<-ii(!c<l,  .January  27.  1HHH 


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which  this  Code  or  any  law  of  this  State  provides,  or  in 
which  they  or  either  of  them  require  any  such  premises  to 
be  kept.  Nor  shall  any  such  person  rent,  let,  hire  out, 
or  allow,  having  power  to  prevent  the  same  to  be  used  as 
or  for  a  place  of  sleeping  or  residence,  any  portion  or 
apartment  of  any  building,  which  apartment  or  portion 
has  not  at  least  one  foot  of  its  height  and  space  above  the 
level  of  every  part  of  the  sidewalk  and  curbstone  of  any 
adjacent  street,  nor  of  which  the  floor  is  damp  by  reason 
of  water  from  the  ground,  or  which  is  impregnated  or 
penetrated  by  any  offensive  gas,  smell,  or  exhalation  pre- 
judicial to  health.  But  this  section  shall  not  prevent  the 
leasing,  renting,  or  occupancy  of  cellars  or  rooms  less 
elevated  than  aforesaid,  and  as  a  part  of  any  building 
rented  or  let,  when  they  are  not  let  or  intended  to  be 
occupied  or  used  by  any  person  as  a  sleeping  apartment, 
or  as  a  principal  or  sole  dwelling  apartment. 

SEC.  19.*  That  no  person  having  the  right  and  power 
to  prevent  the  same,*shall  knowingly  cause  or  permit  any 
person  to  sleep  or  remain  in  any  cellar,  or  in  anjr  bath- 
room, or  in  any  room  where  there  is  a  water-closet,  or  in 
any  place  dangerous  or  prejudicial  to  life  or  health,  by 
reason  of  a  want  of  ventilation  or  drainage,  or  by  reason 
of  th<?  presence  of  any  poisonous,  noxious,  or  offensive 
substance,  or  otherwise. 

SEC.  20.  That  no  owner,  lessee,  or  keeper  of  any  tene- 
ment-house, lodging-house,  boarding-house,  or  manufac- 
tory, shall  cause  or  allow  the  same  to  be  overcrowded 
or  cause  or  allow  so  great  a  number  of  persons  to  dwell, 
be,  or  sleep  in  any  such  house,  or  any  portion  thereof, 

*  As  amended,  March  4, 1881. 


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as  thereby  to  cause  any  danger  or  detriment  to  life  or 
health. 

SEC.  21.  That  no  person  being  the  lessee,  manager, 
conductor  or  owner  of  any  theatre,  shall  cause  or  permit 
or  allow  the  same,  or  any  part  or  appurtenance  thereof, 
to  be  so  far  overcrowded,  or  inadequate,  faulty, 'or  insuffi- 
cient, in  respect  of  strength,  ingress  or  egress,  cleanliness, 
ventilation,  or  in  any  other  particular,  as  that  thereby, 
or  by  reason  thereof,  any  avoidable  peril  shall  come  or 
happen  to,  or  be  incurred  or  suffered  by  any  person  being 
properly  at  or  in  any  such  theatre. 

SEC.  22.  That  every  person  who  shall  be  the  owner, 
lessee,  or  keeper  or  manager  of  any  tenement-house,  board- 
ing-house, lodging-house,  or  manufactory,  shall  provide, 
or  cause  to  be  provided,  for  the  accommodation  thereof 
and  for  the  use  of  the  tenants,  lodgers,  boarders,  and 
workers  thereat,  adequate  privies,  or  water-closets,  and 
the  same  shall  be  so  adequately  ventilated,  and  shall  at 
all  times  be  kept  in  such  cleanly  and  wholesome  condi- 
tion, as  not  to  be  offensive,  or  be  dangerous  or  detrimental 
to  life  or  health.  And  no  offensive  smell  or  gases,  from 
or  through  any  outlet  or  sewer,  or  through  any  such  privy 
or  water-closet,  shall  be  allowed  by  any  person  aforesaid 
to  pass  into  such  house  or  any  part  thereof,  or  into  any 
other  house  or  building. 

SEC.  23.  That  every  owner,  lessee,  and  tenant  and  man- 
ager of  any  boarding-house  or  manufactory,  shall  cause 
every  part  thereof  and  its  appurtenances  to  be  put,  and 
shall  thereafter  cause  the  same  to  be  kept  in  a  cleanly 
and  wholesome  condition,  and  shall  speedily  cause  every 
department  thereof  in  which  any  person  may  sleep,  dwell, 


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or  work,  to  be  adequately  lighted  and  ventilated ;  and, 
if  the  same  be  a  manufactory,  "shall  cause  every  part 
thereof  in  which  any  person  may  work,  to  be  maintained 
at  such  temperature,  and  be  provided  with  such  accom- 
modations and  safeguards,  as  not,  by  reason  of  the  want 
thereof,  or  of  anything  about  the  condition  of  such  man- 
ufactory or  its  appurtenances,  to  cause  any  unnecessary 
danger  or  detriment  to  the  life  or  health  of  any  person 
being  properly  therein  or  thereat. 

SEC.  24.  That  no  keeper,  or  other  officer  or  person  hav- 
ing control  or  authority  in  any  jail,  prison,  or  other  place 
where  any  person  may  be  kept  or  confined,  shall  need- 
lessly or  illegally. cause  or  allow  any  peril  or  detriment 
to  the  life  or  health  of  any  such  person,  by  reason  of  too 
little  or  too  much  heat,  or  of  a  want  of  food,  drink  or 
ventilation,  or  from  the  want  or  neglect  of  any  other 
reasonable  care,  protection  or  precaution.' 

SEC.  25.  That  every  person,  when  cleaning  any  street, 
shall  clean,  and  every  contractor  shall  cause  to  be  cleaned, 
the  gutters  and  parts  of  the  street  along  which  the-  water 
will  run,  before  using  any  water  to  wash  the  same ;  and 
no  substance  that  could  be  before  scraped  away  shall  be 
washed  or  allowed  to  be  carried  or  be  put  into  the  sewer, 
or  into  any  receptacle  therewith  connected. 

SEC.  26.*  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person 
using,  making,  or  having  any  drain,  soil-pipe,  passage  or 
connection  between  any  sewer  (or  with  either  the  North  or 
East  rivers)  and  any  ground,  building,  erection,  or  place 
of  business,  and  in  like  manner  the  duty  of  the  owner 
and  tenant  of  all  grounds,  buildings  and  erections,  and 

*As  amended,  March  15, 1881. 


THE  SANITAKY  CODE.  13 

of  the  parties  interested  in  such  place  of  business  or  the 
business  thereat,  and  in  like  manner  the  duty  of  all 
boards,  departments,  officers,  and  persons  (to  the  extent 
of  the  right  and  authority  of  each),  to  cause  and  require 
that  such  drain,  soil-pipe,  passage  and  connection,  shall 
at  all  times  be  adequate  for  its  purpose,  and  shall  convey 
and  allow,  freely  and  entirely,  to  pass  whatever  enters  or 
should  enter  the  same,  and  no  change  of  the  drainage, 
sewerage,  or  the  sewer  connection  of  any  house  or  prem- 
ises, involving  changes  in  the  drainage,  sewerage,  or 
sewer  connection  of  any  other  house  or  premises,  unless 
notice  in  writing  thereof  shall  have  been  previously  given 
to  this  Department. 

SEC.  27.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  boards, 
departments,  officers,  and  persons  having  power  and 
authority  so  to  do  or  require  (and  to  the  extent 
thereof)  to  cause  to  be  used  sufficient  water,  and  other 
adequate  means  to  be  taken,  so  that  whenever  sub- 
stances may  enter  any  sewer  shall  pass  speedily  along 
and  from  the  same,  and  sufficiently  far  into  some  water 
or  proper  reservoir,  so  that  no  accumulations  shall 
take  place,  and  no  exhalations  from  thence  proceed, 
dangerous  or  prejudicial  to  life  or  health. 

SEC.  28.  That  the  proper  officers  and  authorities 
shall,  to  the  extent  of  their  power  and  ability,  cause 
the  sewers  and  drainage  of  said  city  to  be  so  well 
located  and  constructed,  so  adequate  in  size  and  to  be 
so  kept  in  repair  and  cleaned,  and  so  adequately  sup- 
plied with  water,  and  with  such  proper  arrangements 
and  constructions  in  every  particular,  that  life  and 
health  shall  not  l>e  needlessly  exposed,  or  suffer  un- 
necessary peril  or  detriment  by  their  neglect,  or  by 


14  TIIK  8ANITAKY  CODE. 

reason  of  the  defects  or  deficiencies   of  any  sewers  or 
drainage,  or  the  want  thereof. 

FOOD  AND  DRINK. 

SEC.  29.*  That  no  meat,  fish,  birds,  or  fowl,  fruit  or 
vegetables,  nor  any  milk,  not  being  then  healthy, 
fresh,  sound,  wholesome,  and  safe  for  human  food,  nor 
any  meat  or  fish  that  died  by  disease  or  accident,  shall 
be  brought  within  said  city,  or  offered  or  held  for  sale 
in  any  public  or  private  market,  as  such  food,  any- 
where in  said  city. 

SEC.  30.  That  no  calf,  pig,  or  lamb,  or  the  meat 
thereof,  shall  be  brought,  held  or  offered  for  sale,  as 
such  food,  in  said  city,  which  at  the  date  of  its  death 
(being  a  calf)  was  less  than  four  weeks  old ;  or  (being 
a  pig)  was,  when  killed,  not  more  than  five  weeks 
old ;  or  (being  a  lamb)  was,  when  killed,  not  more 
than  eight  weeks  old.  Nor  shall  any  meagre,  sickly) 
or  unwholesome  fish,  birds,  or  fowl,  be  brought,  held, 
sold,  or  offered  for  sale,  as  such  food,  in  said  city. 

SEC.  31.  That  no  cattle  shall  be  killed  for  Jiuman 
food  while  in  an  overheated,  feverish,  or  diseased  con- 
dition ;  and  all  such  diseased  cattle,  in  the  City  of  New 
York,  and  the  place  where  found,  and  their  disease, 
shall  l)e  at  once  reported  to  this  Department  by  the 
owner  or  custodian  thereof,  that  the  proper  order  may 
be  made  relative  thereto,  or  for  the  removal  thereof 
from  said  city. 

SEC.  32.  That  no  meat  or  dead  animal  above  the  size 
of  a  rabbit,  shall  be  taken  to  any  public  or  private 
market  for  food,  until  the  same  shall  have  fully  cooled 

*  As  amended,  July  16,  1875. 


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(and  all  blood  shall  have  ceased  dripping  therefrom) 
after  its  killing,  nor  until  the  entrails,  head  (unless  the 
same  be  skinned),  hide,  horns  and  feet  shall  hare  been 
removed.  Nor  shall  gut  fat,  or  any  unwholesome  or 
offensive  matter  or  thing,  be  brought  to  or  near  any 
such  market. 

SEC.  33.  Annulled  February  8,  1878. 

SEC.  34.*  That  no  decayed  or  unwholesome  fruit  or 
vegetables,  no  impure  or  unhealthy  or  unwholesome  meat, 
fish,  birds  or  fowl  shall  be  brought  into  said  city,  to  be 
consumed  or  offered  for  sale  for  human  food,  nor  shall 
any  such  articles  be  kept  or  stored  therein. 

SEC.  35.  That  no  person,  being  the  manager  or  keeper 
of  any  saloon,  boarding-house  or  lodging-house,  or  being 
employed  as  a  clerk,  servant,  or  agent  thereat,  shall 
therein  or  thereat,  offer  or  have,  for  food  or  drink,  or  to 
be  eaten  or  drank,  any  poisonous,  deleterious,  or  unwhole- 
some substance,  nor  allow  anything  therein  to  be  done  or 
to  occur,  dangerous  to  life  or  prejudicial  to  health. 

SECV  36.  That  no  cased,  blown,  plaited,  raised,  stuffed, 
putrid,  impure,  or  unhealthy  or  unwholesome  meat  or 
fish,  birds,  or  fowl,  shall  be  held,  bought  or  sold,  or 
offered  for  sale,  for  human  food,  or  held  or  kept  in  any 
market,  public  or  private,  or  any  public  place  in  said 
city. 

SEX:.  37.  f  That  no  meat,  fish,  fruit,  vegetables  or  milk, 

or  unwholesome  liquid  shall  knowingly  be  bought,  sold, 

held,   offered  for    sale,  labeled,  or  any   representation 

•  made  in  respect  thereof,  under  a  false  name  or  quality, 

*  As  amended,  July  in,  1875,  and  Jan.  35, 1881. 
t  As  amended,  July  10,  1875. 


16  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

or  as  being  what  the  same  is  not,  as  respects  wholesome  - 
ness,  soundness,  or  safety  for  food  or  drink. 

SEC.  38.*  That  every  person,  being  the  owner,  lessee, 
or  occupant  of  any  room,  stall  or  place  where  any  meat, 
fish,  fruit  or  vegetables,  designed  or  held  for  human 
food,  shall  be  stored  or  kept,  or  shall  be  held  or  offered 
for  sale,  shall  put  and  keep  such  room,  stall  and  place, 
and  its  appurtenances,  in  a  cleanly  and  wholesome  con- 
dition ;  and  every  person  having  charge,  or  interested  or 
engaged,  whether  as  principal  or  agent,  in  the  care  or 
in  respect  to  the  custody  or  sale  of  any  meat,  fish,  fruit, 
birds,  fowl  or  vegetables,  designed  for  human  food,  shall 
put  and  preserve  the  same  in  a  cleanly  and  wholesome 
condition,  and  shall  not  allow  the  same,  or  any  part 
thereof,  to  be  poisoned,  infected,  or  rendered  unsafe  or 
unwholesome  for  human  food. 

SEC.  39.  That  no  butcher  or  dealer  shall  keep  in  any 
market  any  refrigerator  or  ice-box,  unless  the  same  shall 
be  lined  with  lead  or  some  proper  metallic  substance,  so 
as  to  be  water-tight,  nor  unless  the  same  be  provided 
with  a  pipe  of  lead,  zinc  or  copper,  leading  therefrom  to 
the  nearest  gutter  or  proper  waste  pipe. 

SEC.  40.*  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person 
knowing  of  any  fish,  meat,  fowl,  birds,  fruit,  or  vege- 
tables being  bought,  sold,  or  offered,  or  held  for  sale  as 
food  for  human  beings,  or  being  in  any  market,  public 
or  private,  in  said  city,  and  not  being  sound,  healthy, 
or  wholesome  for  such  food,  to  forthwith  report  such 
facts,  and  the  particulars  relating  thereto,  to  this  Depart- 
ment, or  to  one  of  its  officers  or  inspectors. 

*  As  amended,  July  16,  1875. 


THE  SANITARY  CODE.  17 

SEC.  41.  That  no  person  shall,  without  consent  of  this 
Department,  bring  into  said  city  for  use  as  a  drink  for 
human  beings,  or  offer  or  have  for  sale  in  said  city,  as 
such  drink,  any  poisonous  or  deleterious  liquid. 

SEC.  42.*  That  upon  any  cattle,  meat,  birds,  fowl, 
nsh,  fruit,  vegetables,  or  any  articles  of  food  or  drink 
being  found  by  any  inspector  or  other  officer  of  this 
Department,  in  a  condition  which  is,  in  his  opinion, 
unwholesome  and  unfit  for  use  as  human  food,  or  in 
a  condition  or  of  a  weight  or  quality  in  this  code  con- 
demned or  forbidden,  he  shall  cause  the  same  to  be 
examined  by  two  reputable  persons,  reasonably  com- 
"petent  to  judge  in  respect  thereto,  whom  he  may 
conveniently  find ;  and  if  both  said  persons  disagree 
with  him  in  opinion  in  respect  thereto,  he  shall  take 
no  action  and  give  no  order  relative  to  the  same  till 
he  has  been  instructed  by  the  Sanitary  Superintendent ; 
and  if  one  or  both  of  said  persons  agree  with  him  in 
respect  to  said  articles,  then  such  inspector  or  officer 
may  forbid  the  same  being  offered  or  exposed  for  sale, 
or  being  sold, .  for  human  food,  till  the  owner  or  party 
in  charge  or  other  proper  person  has  obtained  the  con- 
sent of  the  Sanitary  Superintendent,  or  of  this  Board 
to  their  being  so  offered,  used  or  sold.  And  if  both 
such  persons  agree  with  him  in  opinion,  he  may  order 
the  same  to  be  destroyed  or  removed;  and  thereupon, 
or  if  this  Board  shall  have  approved  the  judgment  of 
said  inspector,  it  may  order  the  said  articles  destroyed, 
or  may  permit  the  owner  and  party  in  charge  to 
speedily  remove  such  articles  from  any  market,  street, 


*  As  amended  July  16,  1K75,  and  May  23,  1883. 


18  THE  SANITABT  CODE. 

or  public  place,  but  not  to  sell  or  dispose  or  offer  to 
sell  or  dispose  thereof  for  the  purpose  of  human  food. 
And  in  case  of  disobedience  to  such  orders,  and  also  in 
all  cases  where,  in  his  opinion,  such  articles,  by  reason 
of  their  being  in  a  decayed  or  offensive  condition,  would, 
if  allowed  longer  to  remain,  be  dangerous  to  health, 
the  same  (as  this  Board  may  provide)  may  be  destroyed 
or  removed  by  any  inspector,  police  officer,  or  officer 
of  this  Department,  to  some  suitable  place,  at  the 
expense  of  the  party  who  should  have  removed  the 
same,  and  the  owner  and  party  in  interest  must  take 
notice  thereof. 

SEC.  43.  That  -no  person  shall  sell  or  give  to  any 
other  person,  or  permit  such  other  persons  to  get 
(having  the  right  and  ability  to  prevent  the  same)  any 
drink,  when  such  first-named  person  may  have  reason 
to  think  or  believe  that  such  drink  may  cause  danger 
or  detriment  to  life. 

SEC.  44.  That  no  distiller  or  brewer,  or  other  person, 
shall  manufacture,  or  have  or  keep  for  sale,  any  liquid 
designed  as  a  drink  or  beverage  for  human  beings 
which  would  be,  if  used,  needlessly  dangerous  or  de- 
trimental to  life  or  health. 

SEC.  45.  That  no  person  shall  have  at  any  place 
where  inilk,  butter  or  cheese  is  kept  for  sale,  nor  at 
any  place  offer  to  have  for  sale,  or  shall  any  person 
bring  or  send  to  said  city  any  unwholesome,  watered 
or  adulterated  milk,  or  milk  known  as  swill-milk,  or 
milk  from  cows  or  other  animals  that  for  the  most  part 
lived  in  stables  or  that  feed  on  swill,  garbage,  or  other 
like  substances;  nor  any  butter  or  cheese  made  from 
any  such  milk,  nor  any  unwholesome  butter  or  cheese. 


THE    SANITARY   CODE.  19 

SEC.  46.  That  no  person  shall  throw  or  allow  to  run 
or  pass  into  any  public  reservoir,  water-pipe  or  aqueduct, 
or  into  or  upon  any  border  or  margin  thereof,  or  excava- 
tion or  stream  therewith  connected,  any  animal,  vege- 
table, or  mineral  substance  whatever  ;  nor  shall  any  person 
allow  the  same  to  be  done  (having  power  or  right  to  pre- 
vent the  same) ;  nor  shall  any  person  do  or  permit  to  be 
done  (having  right  or  power  to  prevent  the  same)  any  act 
or  thing  that  will  impair  or  peril  the  purity  or  whole- 
someness  of  any  water  or  other  fluid  used  or  designed  as 
a  drink,  in  any  part  of  said  city ;  nor  shall  any  person 
bathe  nor  (except  in  the  discharge  of  a  public  duty)  put 
any  part  of  his  person  into  such  water ;  nor  shall  any 
unauthorized  person  open  any  erection  or  unscrew  any 
hydiant  holding  such  water. 

SEC.  47.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person, 
officer,  department,  and  board,  having  any  authority  .and 
control  in  regard  to  any  water  designed  for  human  con- 
sumption (and  within  the  proper  sphere  of  the  duty  of 
each  thereof),  to  take  all  usual  and  also  all  reasonable 
measures  and  precautions  to  secure  and  preserve  the  purity 
and  wholesomeness  of  such  water. 

SEC.  48.  That  no  person  shall  destroy  nor  in  anywise 
injure  or  impair  any  drinking  hydrant,  or  part  thereof,  in 
the  said  city ;  nor  shall  any  person  interfere  with  the  use 
or  enjoyment  of  the  water  therein,  or  therefrom,  or  inter- 
rupt the  flow  thereof,  for,  or  as  a  drink ;  nor  shall  any 
person  put  any  dirty,  poisonous,  medicinal,  or  any  nox- 
ious substance  into  or  near  said  water  or  hydrant,  whereby 
such  water  is  made  or  may  be  regarded  as  dangerous  or 
unwholesome  as  a  drink. 


20  THE    SANITARY    CODE. 

CATTLE,    HORSES,    ETC. 

SEC.  49.  That  no  cattle,  sheep,  horse,  goat,  goose,  or 
mule,  or  any  dangerous  or  offensive  animal,  shall  be 
allowed  by  any  owner,  or  by  any  person  having  charge  of, 
or  who  shall  have  charge  of  the  same,  to  go  at  large  in 
any  street  or  public  place  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

And  no  pigs,  swine  or  cattle  shall  be  unloaded  from 
any  cars  upon  any  street  or  public  place  in  the  City  of 
New  York,  except  pursuant  to  a  written  permit  from  this 
Department. 

SEC.  50.  That  no  person  shall  allow  any  swine  or  goat 
to  run  at  large  in  said  city,  and  no  person  shall,  within 
the  built  up  portions  of  said  city,  or  within  one  thousand 
feet  of  any  residence  or  place  of  business  or  street  thereof 
keep  any  swine  or  goat,  without  a  permit  so  to  do  from 
this  Department. 

SEC.  51.  That  no  cattle  shall  be  kept  in  any  place  to 
which  the  water,  ventilation,  and  food  are  not  sufficient 
and  wholesome  for  the  preservation  of  their  health,  safe 
condition,  and  wholesomeness  for  food. 

SEC.  52.  That  no  person  shall  keep  or  allow  to  be 
kept  in  any  building,  or  on  any  premises,  or  on  grounds 
of  which  he  may  be  the  owner,  lessee,  tenant,  or  occu- 
'pant,  more  cows  or  other  cattle  than  at  the  rate  of  fifteen 
to  an  acre  (in  or  near  the  built-up  portions  of  said  city), 
without  a  permit  from  this  Department.  And  every  such 
person  shall  cause  every  stable  and  place  where  any  cows, 
horses,  or  other  animals  may  be,  to  be  kept  at  all  times  in 
a  cleanly  and  wholesome  condition,  and  shall  not  allow 


THE    SA,NITARY  CODE.  21 

any  animal  to  be  therein,  while  infected  with  any  disease, 
contagious  or  pestilential  among  such  animals,  without  a 
permit  from  this  Department. 

SKC.  53.  That  no  cattle,  swine,  or  sheep,  geese,  goats, 
or  horses,  shall  be  yarded  within  or  adjacent  to  the  built- 
up  portions  of  the  City  of  New  York,  without  the  per- 
mit of  this  Department,  or  otherwise  than  according  to 
its  regulations. 

SEC.  54.  That  no  cattle  shall  be  placed  or  carried 
while  bound  or  tied  by  their  legs,  or  bound  down  by 
their  necks,  in  any  vehicle  in  said  city,  but  shall  be 
allowed  freely  to  stand  in  such  vehicle  when  transported, 
and  while  being  therein. 

SEC.  55.  Annulled  January  25,  1881. 

SLAUGHTERING  AND  SLAUGHTER-HOUSES. 

SEC.  56.*  That  the  keeping  and  slaughtering  of  all 
cattle,  and  the  preparation  and  keeping  of  all  meat  and 
fish,  .birds  and  fowl,  shall  be  in  that  manner  which  is,  or 
is  generally  reputed  or  known  to  be,  best  adapted  to 
secure  and  continue  their  safety  and  wholesomeness  as 
food.  The  slaughtering  shall  not  be  permitted  or  con- 
ducted at  any  place  in  the  City  of  New  York  south  of 
Thirty-ninth  street,  nor  north  of  said  street  without  a  spe- 
cial written  permit  from  this  Department ;  nor  unless  the 
same  shall  be  done  in  buildings  located  upon  the  water- 
front. 

SEC.  57.  That  every  butcher  and  every  person  owning, 
leasing,  or  occupying  any  place,  room  or  building  where 

*  As  amended,  Jan.  19,  1875,  March  21,  18S4,  and  July  14,  1885. 


22  THE    SANITAH?   CODE. 

any  cattle  have  been  or  are  killed  or  dressed,  and  every 
person  being  the  o\vuer,  lessee,  or  occupant  of  any  room 
or  stable  where  any  cattle  may  be  kept,  or  market,  public 
or  private,  and  having  power  and  authority  so  to  do,  shall 
cause  such  place,  room,  building,  stall  (and  market  being 
private),  and  their  yards  and  appurtenances,  to  be 
thoroughly  cleansed  and  purified,  and  all  offal,  blood, 
fat,  garbage,  refuse  and  unwholesome  or  offensive  matter 
to  be  therefrom  removed,  at  least  once  in  every  twenty- 
four  hours  after  the  use  thereof  for  any  of  the  purposes 
herein  referred  to,  and  shall  also,  at  all  times  (unless 
some  public  authority  prevents),  keep  all  wood-work, 
save  floors  and  counters,  in  any  building,  place,  or  prim- 
ises  aforesaid,  thoroughly  painted  or  whitewashed. 

SEC.  58.  That  no  cattle  shall  be  slaughtered,  dressed, 
or  hung,  or  the  meat  of  any  part  thereof,  within  said 
city,  wholly  or  partly  within  any  street,  avenue,  or  side- 
walk, or  public  alley  or  place ;  nor  shall  any  blood  or 
dirty  water,  or  other  substance  from  such  cattle,  meat  or 
place  of  killing,  or  the  appurtenances  thereof,  be 
allowed  to  run,  fall  or  to  be  in  any  such  street,  avenue, 
sidewalk,  alley,  or  place. 

SEC.  59.  *  That  no  building  occupied  wholly  or  partly 
as  a  slaughter-house,  or  any  part  thereof,  or  any  building 
on  the  same  lot,  shall,  without  a  special  permit  from  this 
Department,  be  occupied  for  a  dwelling  or  lodging  place ; 
that  every  such  building  shall  at  all  times  be  kept  ade- 
quately and  thoroughly  ventilated ;  that  no  blood  shall 
be  allowed  to  remain  therein  overnight;  that  adequate 
underground  connections  shall  be  made  from  every  such 
building  with  a  public  sewer,  and  the  floor  of  such  build- 

*  As  amended,  Augnst  18, 1887. 


THE    SANITARY   CODE.  33 

ing  on  which  such  slaughtering  is  done,  and  the  yard, 
shall  be  cemented  and  paved  so  as  not  to  absorb  blood. 

SEC.  GO.  That  neither  the  business  of  slaughtering 
cattle,  nor  the  keeping  of  any  slaughter-house,  nor  the 
yarding  of  cattle,  shall  be  begun  or  undertaken  at  any 
new  or  additional  place  within  the  City  of  New  York,  ex- 
cept pursuant  to  a  permit  from  this  Department ;  nor  shall 
any  person  or  corporation  keep  any  slaughter-house  or 
yard,  or  any  cattle  therein  hereafter,  without  a  permit 
from  this  Department. 

SEC.  61.  That  no  person  shall  kill  or  dress  any  animal 
or  meat  in  any  market,  nor  have,  or  permit  to  escape 
therein,  or  within  one  hundred  feet  thereof,  any  poison- 
ous, noxious,  nauseous,  or  offensive  substance. 

SEC.  62.  Annulled  February  8,  1878. 

SEC.  63.  That  every  butcher  or  milk  dealer,  and  their 
agents,  shall  allow  the  parties  authorized  by  this  Depart- 
ment to  freely  and  fully  inspect  their  cattle  and  meats, 
fish  and  vegetables,  held,  offered,  or  intended  for  sale, 
and  will  be  expected  to  answer  all  reasonable  and  proper 
questions  asked  by  such  persons  relative  to  the  condition 
thereof,  and  of  the  places  where  such  articles  may  be. 

SEC.  64.  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1870,  the  slaughtering  of  animals  shall  not  be  al- 
lowed or  conducted  at  any  place  between  Second  (2d) 
avenue  and  Tenth  (10th)  avenue,  in  the  City  of  New 
York. 

SEC.  65.*  That  no  offal  or  butcher's  refuse  shall  be 
conveyed  through  any  street  or  avenue  of  the  City  of  New 

*  Amended  May  5, 1874. 


24  THE    SANITARY    CODE. 

York  between  the  hours  of  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  and  10  o'clock 
p.  M.  ;  and  that  no  offal,  fat,  or  refuse  shall  at  any  time- 
be  brought  into  the  city,  or  conveyed  over  any  ferry  ex- 
cept in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  a  written  permit  first 
obtained  therefor  from  this  Department ;  nor  shall  any 
such  substance  be  conveyed  through  any  street  or  avenue, 
unless  the  same  be  in  tight  boxes,  barrels,  or  vessels,  and 
covered  over  so  that  no  odor  therefrom  shall  escape. 

SIDEWALKS. 

SEC.  66.  Annulled  February  8,  1878. 

SEC.  67.  That  no  person  being  owner,  lessee,  or  tenant 
of  any  house  or  building,  shall  allow  any  water  or  other 
liquid  to  run  from  or  out  of  his  building  or  ground  upon 
or  across  any  sidewalk  or  curb-stone,  and  if  such  sub- 
stance is  allowed  to  pass  upon  any  street,  it  must  reach 
the  same  by  a  passage,  to  be  kept  at  ail  times  adequate 
and  in  repair  by  such  person,  under  or  through  such  flag- 
stone or  curb-stone  ;  and  no  such  water  or  other  liquid,  or 
ice  therefrom,  shall  be  allowed  to  gather  or  remain  en  the 
upper  surface  of  such  curb,  flag-stone,  or  passage ;  nor 
shall  such  person  allow  any  accumulation  of  such  water 
or  liquid,  or  the  ice  therefrom,  upon  any  street  or  place, 
but  shall  at  all  times  cause  the  same  to  be  removed,  or  to 
pass  along  the  gutter  or  some  proper  passage  to  one  of 
the  rivers  or  into  a  sewer. 

SEC.  68.  That  every  owner,  lessee,  tenant  and  occupant 
of  any  building  or  lot  in  the  built-up  portions  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  shall,  within  two  hours  after  the  fall 
of  any  snow  exceeding  one  inch  in  depth,  and  within  two 
hours  after  the  forming  of  any  ice  on  the  sidewalk  or  in 


THE    SANITARY   CODE.  25 

the  gutter,  in  front  of  or  against  the  side  of  any  such 
building  or  lot,  remove  or  cause  the  same  to  be  removed 
from  such  sidewalk  and  gutter,  or  in  case  of  great  diffi- 
culty in  removing  such  ice,  that  every  such  person  do 
sprinkle  or  cause  to  be  sprinkled  thereon,  sand  or  ashes, 
so  that  traveling  thereon  shall  not  be  perilous  ;  but  that 
where  said  snow  falls  or  ice  forms  between  the  hours  of 
eight  o'clock  of  the  evening  and  daylight  in  the  morn- 
ing, this  ordinance  will  be  complied  with  by  removing  or 
sprinkling  the  same  within  two  hours  after  sunrise  of  the 
morning  succeeding  its  fall  or  formation. 

SEC.  69.*  That  every  owner,  tenant,  lessee  and  occu- 
pant of  any  building  or  lot  (whether  vacant  or  occupied) 
within  or  near  the  built-up  portions  of  said  city,  shall 
keep  and  cause  to  be  kept  the  sidewalk  and  nagging,  and 
curb-stone  in  front  thereof,  free  from  obstructions  and 
nuisances  of  every  kind,  and  shall  not  allow  anything  in 
the  area  or  yard  or  on  or  about  his  premises  to  become  a 
nuisance,  or  dangerous  and  prejudicial  to  life  or  health. 

SKC.  70.  That  no  person  shall  take,  or  allow  to  go  or 
be  taken  (having  the  right  and  ability  to  prevent  the 
same),  any  horse  or  other  animal,  nor  any  vehicle,  upon 
any  sidewalk  or  foot-path  in  front  of  any  building, 
to  the  peril  of  any  person ;  nor  shall  any  person  block  up 
or  obstruct  any  street  or  place,  or  contribute  thereto. 

POUNDS. 
SEC.  71.  Annulled  August  18,  1887. 

SEC.  72.*  That  no  keeper  of  any  public  pound  shall  al- 
low the  same,  or  any  animal  therein,  by  reason  of  any 

*  A«  amended,  Anfjiist  18, 1887. 


26  THE    SANITAKT   CODE. 

want  of  care,  food,  ventilation  or  cleanliness  or  other- 
wise, to  be  or  become  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  human 
life  or  health. 

SEC.  73.  Annulled  August  18,  1887. 

SEC.  74.  Annulled  June  16,  1874. 

«k 

HTDKOPHOBIA. 

SEC.  75.  That  every  animal  which  is  mad  or  has  the 
hyd/ophobia,  or  shows  symptoms  thereof,  shall,  by  the 
persons  owning  the  same,  or  having  the  possession,  charge 
or  control  thereof,  be  at  once  killed ;  and  every  animal 
that  has  been  exposed  to  such  disease  shall  be  at  once 
confined  in  some  secure  place  for  such  length  of  time  as 
to  show  that  such  exposure  has  not  given  such  animal 
said  disease,  and  so  as  to  avoid  all  danger  to  life  or 
health.  And  the  dead  body  of  any  animal  that  died  of 
such  disease  shall  be  at  once,  by  such  person,  buried  not 
less  than  three  feet  under  ground,  at  some  place  not 
within  one  thousand  feet  of  any  residence. 

OFFENSIVE  ODORS  AXD   LIQUIDS. 

SEC.  76.  That  no  person  shall  permit  or  have  any 
offensive  water  or  other  liquid  or  substance  on  his  prem- 
ises or  grounds,  to  the  prejudice  of  life  or  health,  whether 
for  use  in  any  trade  or  otherwise;  and  no  establishment 
or  place  of  business  for  tanning,  skinning,  or  scouring, 
or  for  dressing  hides  or  leather,  or  for  carrying  on  any 
offensive  or  noisome  trade  or  business,  shall  hereafter  be 
opened,  started,  or  established  in  the  City  of  New  York, 
without  a  permit  of  this  Board.  And  every  such  estab- 
lishment now  existing  shall  be  kept  cleanly  and  whole- 


TTtK    SANITARY  CODE.  27 

some,  and  be  so  conducted  in  every  particular  as  not  to 
be  offensive,  or  prejudicial  to  life  or  health. 

SRC.  77.*  That  no  person  or  company  being  a  manu- 
facturer of  gas,  or  engaged  about  the  manufacture 
thereof,  shall  throw  or  deposit,  or  allow  to  run,  or,  having 
the  right  of  power  to  prevent  the  same,  shall  permit  to 
be  thrown  or  deposited  into  any  public  waters,  river  or 
stream,  or  into  any  sewer  therewith  connected,  or  into 
any  street,  or  public  place,  any  gas,  tar,  or  any  refuse 
matter  of  or  from  any  gas-house,  works,  manufactory, 
mains  or  service  pipes ;  or  permit  the  escape  of  any 
offensive  odors,  or  gas  from  their  works,  mains  or  pipes ; 
nor  shall  any  such  person  or  company  permit  to  escape 
from  any  of  their  works,  mains,  or  pipes,  any  gas  dan- 
gerous or  prejudicial  to  life  or  health ;  or  manufacture 
illuminating  gas  of  such  ingredients  and  quality  that  in 
the  process  of  burning,  it  or  any  substance  which  may 
escape  therefrom,  shall  be  dangerous  or  prejudicial  to  life 
or  health;  or  fail  to  use  the  most  approved  or  all  reason- 
able means  for  preventing  the  escape  of  odors. 

SEC.  78.  That  no  water-closet,  sink,  tub,  vat,  or  other 
structure  shall  hereafter  be  constructed  within  the  City  of 
New  York,  having  connection  with,  or  by  any  sewer  or 
underground  passage,  unless  the  same  is  provided  with 
adequate  or  the  best  generally  approved  constructions 
and  precautions  for  preventing  gases  and  other  offensive 
currents,  substances,  or  smells  from  passing  up  or  out 
through  such  connection  from  such  sewer  or  passage; 
nor  shall  any  such  water-closet  or  privy  be  constructed 
without  adequate  provision  for  the  effectual  and  proper 
ventilation  and  cleansing  thereof. 

*  AH  amended.  Jan.  25,  1881. 


28  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

SEC.  79.  That  no  person  shall  boil  any  offal,  swill, 
bones,  or  fat  in  the  built-up  portions  of  said  city,  save  in 
ordinary  cooking,  nor  shall  the  business  of  bone  crushing, 
bone  boiling,  bone  grinding,  bone  burning,  shell  burning, 
fat  burning,  gut  cleaning,  nor  the  skinning  or  making  of 
glue  from  any  dead  animals  or  parts  thereof,  nor  any 
other  occupation  that  is  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  life 
or  health,  be  hereafter  established  within  said  city ;  and 
no  business  or  pursuit  of  the  kind  in  this  section  named 
shall  be  carried  on  anywhere  in  said  city,  unless  the  same 
be  allowed  by  permit  of  this  Board. 

SEC.  80.*  That  no  person  shall  boil,  heat,  dry,  keep, 
store  or  manufacture  any  offal,  swill,  blood,  bones,  fat, 
tallow  or  lard,  or  any  decaying  animal  or  vegetable  rnaf- 
ter;  nor  shall  the  business  of  bone  crushing,  bone  boiling, 
bone  grinding,  bone  or  shell  burning,  lime  making,  gut 
cleaning,  skinning  or  making  glue  from  any  part  of  dead 
animals,  heating,  drying,  storing,  shipping,  or  transport- 
ing any  blood,  scrap,  fat,  grease,  or  offensive  animal  or 
vegetable  matter  or  manufacturing  materials  for  manure, 
be  allowed  or  conducted  in  the  City  of  New  York,  or  in 
its  waters,  without  a  special  permit  from  this  JSoard,  to 
be  applied  for  in  writing,  specifying  the  nature  and  pre- 
cise location  of  the  proposed  business. 

SEC.  81.  That  all  persons  engaged  in  the  business  of 
boiling  or  rendering  fat,  lard,  or  animal  matter,  shall 
cause  the  scrap  or  residuum  to  be  dried  or  otherwise  pre- 
pared as  effectually  to  deprive  such  material  of  all  offen- 
sive odors,  and  to  preserve  the  same  entirely  inoffensive, 
immediately  after  the  removal  thereof  from  the  recep- 
tacles in  which  the  rendering  process  may  be  conducted. 

*  As  amended  August  26,  1873. 


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SEC.  82.  That  no  person  shall  hereafter  erect,  start,  or 
establish  in  said  city,  without  the  consent  of  this  Board, 
any  manufactory  or  place  of  business  for  boiling  any 
varnish  or  oil,  or  for  the  distilling  of  any  ardent  or 
alcoholic  spirits,  or  for  making  any  lamp-black,  tur- 
pentine, or  tar,  or  for  conducting  any  other  business  that 
will  or  does  generate  any  unwholesome,  offensive  or 
deleterious  gas,  smoke,  deposit  or  exhalation,  or  any 
business  that  is  or  would  be  dangerous  to  life  or  detri- 
mental to  health. 


SEC.  83.  That  no  animal  or  vegetable  substance,  nor 
street-sweepings,  muck,  or  silt,  nor  dirt  gathered  in 
cleaning  yards,  building-docks,  or  slips,  or  waste  of  mills 
or  factories,  nor  any  materials  which  are  offensive,  or 
tend  by  decay  to  become  putrid,  or  to  render  the  atmos- 
phere impure  or  unwholesome,  shall  be  deposited  or  used 
to  fill  up  or  raise  the  surface  or  level  of  any  lot,  grounds, 
dock,  wharf,  or  pier  in  or  adjacent  to  the  built-up  por- 
tions of  said  city,  or  any  ground  filled  for  the  purpose  of 
building  thereon,  unless  pursuant  to  a  special  permit 
from  this  Board. 


SEC.  84.  That  no  ground  or  material  filled  with  offen- 
sive matter  or  substance,  or  that  will  emit  or  allow  to 
arise  through  or  from  the  same,  any  offensive  smell  or 
deleterious  exhalation,  shall  (adjacent  to  or  within  the 
built-up  portion  of  said  city)  be  opened  or  turned  up  or 
the  surface  thereof  removed,  between  the  first  day  of  May 
and  the  first  day  of  October  of  any  year,  except  according 
to  permit  first  therefor  obtained  from  this  Board. 


30  THE    SANITARY    CODE. 

SEC.  85.*  That  no  petroleum  oil,  kerosene  oil  (or  other 
liquid  having  like  composition  or  qualities  as  a  burning 
fluid  as  said  oil)  shall  be  kept  exposed  or  offered  for  sale 
as  a  burning  fluid  for  lamps  or  any  receptacle  for  the 
purpose  of  illumination,  nor  shall  any  such  oil  or  fluid  or 
any  description  thereof  be  sold  or  kept  or  exposed  or 
offered  for  sale,  or  given  away  for  use,  or  be  used  as  a 
burning  fluid  for  any  such  lamp  or  receptacle,  or  be  kept 
for  such  use,  unless  such  oil  or  fluid  shall  be  of  such 
quality  and  ingredients  that  it  shall  stand  and  be  equal 
to  the  following  test  and  conditions,  to  wit : 

It  shall  not  evolve  an  inflammable  vapor  at  a  tempera- 
ture below  one  hundred  (100)  degrees  of  the  Fahrenheit 
thermometer. 

SEC.  86.  f  That  no  fat,  tallow  or  lard  shall  be  melted  or 
rendered,  except  when  fresh  from  the  slaughtered  ani- 
mal, and  taken  directly  from  the  places  of  slaughter  in 
the  City  of  New  York,  and  in  a  condition  free  from  sour- 
ness and  taint  and  all  other  causes  of  offense  at  the  time 
of  rendering,  and  that  all  melting  and  rendering  are  to 
be  in  steam-tight  vessels,  the  gases  and  odors  therefrom 
to  be  destroyed  by  combustion  or  other  means  equally 
effective,  and  according  to  the  best  and  most  improved 
means  and  processes ;  and  everything  preceding,  follow- 
ing, and  in  connection  with  such  melting  and  rendering, 
and  the  premises  where  the  same  shall  be  conducted,  must 
be  free  from  all  offensive  odor,  and  other  cause  of  detri- 
ment to  the  public  health.  No  fat,  lard  or  tallow,  shall 
be  brought  into  the  City  of  New  York  to  be  rendered  or 
melted,  and  none  is  to  be  rendered  or  melted 

*  As  amended  January  23  and  February  8, 1881. 
t  As  amended  Oct.  9, 1877. 


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that  has  come  from  any  place  outside  of  said  city, 
except  as  part  of  the  living  animal,  unless  in  accord- 
ance with  the  terms  of  a  special  permit  in  writing  from 
this  Board. 

FILTH — DIRT. 

SEC.  87.*  That  no  part  of  the  contents  of  or  substances 
from  any  sink,  privy,  or  cesspool,  nor  any  manure,  or 
other  offensive  substance,  shall  be  by  any  person  flung  or 
allowed  to  run  or  drop  into  or  remain  in  any  street  or 
public  place,  except  as  herein  elsewhere  specified;  nor 
shall  the  same  be  thrown  or  allowed  to  fall  or  run  into 
the  North  or  East  river,  save  through  the  proper  under- 
ground sewers. 

SEC.  88.  That  no  swill,  brine,  urine  of  animals,  or  other 
offensive  animal  nuisance,  nor  any  stinking,  noxious 
liquid,  or  other  filthy  matter  of  any  kind,  shall  by  any 
person  be  allowed  to  run  or  fall  from  or  out  of  any  build- 
ing, vehicle,  or  erection  into  or  upon  any  street  or  public 
place,  or  be  taken  or  put  therein,  save  as  herein  elsewhere 
provided. 

SEC.  89.  f  That  no  blood,  butcher's  offal  or  garbage, 
nor  any  dead  animals,  nor  any  putrid  or  stinking  animal 
or  vegetable  matter,  shall  be  thrown  by  any  person  or 
allowed  to  go  into  any  street,  place,  sewer  or  receiving 
basin,  or  into  any  river  or  standing  or  running  water  or 
excavation,  or  upon  any  ground  or  premises  in  the  built- 
up  portions  of  said  city. 

SEC.  90.  That  no  person  shall  draw  off,  or  allow  to 
run  off  into  any  ground,  street  or  place  of  said  city,  the 


*  As  amended,  Angust  18,  1887. 
t  As  amended  Feb.  26. 1884. 


32  THE    SANITABY    CODE. 

contents  (or  any  part  thereof)  of  any  vault,  privy,  cistern, 
cesspool,  or  sink  ;  nor  shall  any  owner,  tenant,  or  occu- 
pant of  any  building  to  which  any  vault,  sink,  privy,  or 
cesspool  shall  appertain,  or  be  attached,  permit  the  con- 
tents or  any  part  thereof,  to  flow  therefrom,  or  to 
rise  within  two  feet  of  any  part  of  the  top,  or 
permit  said  contents  to  become  offensive ;  nor 
shall  any  privy  or  other  erection  in  this  section 
mentioned  be  rilled  with  or  covered  with  dirt  till  its 
filthy  contents  shall  be  emptied. 

SEC.  91.  That  no  person  shall  throw  into  or  deposit 
in  any  vault,  sink,  privy,  or  cesspool,  any  offal,  ashes, 
meat,  fish,  garbage,  or  other  substance,  except  that  of 
which  any  such  place  is  the  appropriate  receptacle. 

SEC.  92.  That  neither  the  contents  of  any  such  tub, 
or  of  any  receptacle,  cesspool,  privy,  vault,  sink,  or 
water-closet,  cistern,  nor  anything  in  any  room, 
excavation,  vat,  building,  premises  or  place,  shall  be 
allowed  to  become  a  nuisance,  or  offensive,  so  as  to  be 
dangerous  or  prejudicial  to  life  or  health. 

SEC.  93.  That  every  tub  or  other  receptacle  in  any 
necessary  house,  sink,  or  privy  (or  placed,  or  allowed 
to  stand  therein  by  any  owner,  tenant,  or  occupant  of 
any  building  or  premises),  and  used  to  contain  any  liquid 
or  partially  liquid  substance,  shall  be  sufficiently  strong, 
perfectly  tight,  and  adequately  provided  with  a  strong 
cover  and  with  hoops  and  handles ;  shall  not  be  allowed 
to  be  filled  to  within  four  inches  of  any  part  of  the  top, 
and  shall  not  be  allowed  (or  its  contents)  to  be  offensive. 
And  the  provisions  of  this  Code  relative  to  emptying  cess- 


THE    SANITARY  CODE.  33 

pools,  and  to  throwing  any  substance  therein,  shall  apply 
to  said  tubs  and  receptacles  as  if  here  repeated  and  ap- 
plied thereto. 

And  no  person  shall  throw,  drop  or  allow  to  fall  into 
the  North  or  East  river,  or  into  any  street  or  place,  any 
substance  being,  or  having  been,  part  of  the  contents  of 
any  such  vault,  cesspool,  privy,  sink,  tub  or  receptacle,  or 
any  offal. 

SEC.  5)4.  That  no  person  shall  deposit  upon  any  street 
or  public  place  within  the  generally  built-up  portion  of 
the  City  of  New  York,  or  upon  any  paved  street,  any  dirt 
or  brick,  or  other  material,  or  dirt  taken  from  any  ground 
therein,  in  such  manner  as  to  occupy  more  than  one  hun- 
dred square  feet  of  surface  of  any  street  or  place  (and  the 
same  shall  be  compact  and  at  one  side),  nor  allow  the  same 
to  remain  more  than  twelve  hours,  without  a  permit  from 
this  Department,  or  unless  such  occupancy  shall  be  other- 
wise duly  authorized  by  paramount  authority.  Nor  shall 
any  such  substance  be  so  deposited  or  allowed  to  remain 
by  any  person,  as  to  obstruct  the  free  flowage  along  any 
gutter. 

SEC.  95.*  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner,  tenant, 
lessee,  and  occupant  of  any  and  every  building,  or  place 
of  business  in  the  generally  built-up  portions  of  the  City 
of  New  York,  forthwith  to  provide  or  cause  to  be  provided, 
and  at  all  times  thereafter  to  keep  and  cause  to  be  kept 
and  provided,  within  such  building,  or  place  of  business, 
suitable  and  sufficient  boxes,  barrels  or  tubs  for  receiving 
and  holding  without  leakage,  and  without  being  filled  to 
*  As  amended,  March  29  and  May  W,  issr. 


34  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

within  four  inches  of  the  top  thereof,  all  the  ashes,  rubbish, 
garbage,  and  liquid  substances,  of  whatever  kind,  that 
may  accumulate  during  thirty-six  hours,  from  said  build- 
ing or  place  of  business,  or  the  portion  thereof  of  which 
such  person  may  be  the  owner,  tenant,  lessee,  or  occupant ; 
and  every  such  box,  barrel  and  tub  designed  to  hold  ashes 
shall  be  made  of  or  lined  with  some  suitable  metal.  That 
a  separate  vessel  shall  be  provided  for  ashes  and  rubbish, 
and  another  for  garbage  and  liquid  substances ;  and  ashes 
and  rubbish  shall  not  be  placed  or  kept  in  the  same  ves- 
sel with  garbage  and  liquid  substances ;  and  all  ashes, 
rubbish,  garbage,  and  liquid  substances  that  should  be 
removed  from  such  buildings  and  places  of  business,  or 
from  that  part  for  which  said  receptacles  were  provided, 
and  none  other  (without  the  proper  consent),  shall  be 
placed  therein,  and  no  such  box,  barrel,  or  tub.  before  or 
after  it  is  emptied,  shall  be  placed  or  permitted  to  remain 
upon  the  open  sidewalk  between  the  curb  and  the  area  or 
stoop  line,  or  in  any  other  public  place,  but  may  be  kept 
within  and  between  the  stoop  or  area  line  and  the  house 
line  of  the  premises  to  which  it  belongs,  until  removed 
therefrom  for  emptying  by  the  authorized  employes  of 
the  Department  of  Street  Cleaning,  and  by  them  returned 
to  the  place  whence  it  was  taken. 

SEC.  96.*  That  such  boxes,  tubs,  or  barrels  shall  be 
placed  or  kept  at  all  times  in  such  places  as  to  be  readily 
accessible  for  removal  for  emptying,  and  where  they  shall 
not  be  a  public  nuisance  ;  and  no  person,  not  for  that 
purpose  authorized,  shall  interfere  therewith,  or  with  the 
contents  thereof. 

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SEC.  97.  That  all  occupants  so  preferring,  may  deliver 
their  ashes,  garbage  and  rubbish  directly  to  the  proper 
carts,  to  be  taken  away  at  any  hour  of  the  day  when  said 
carts  may  be  present ;  and  said  carts  may  take  such 
articles  from  receptacles  delivered  at  any  such  hour ; 
provided  that  such  garbage  or  rubbish  be  not  highly 
filthy  or  offensive ;  and  in  the  latter  case,  the  same  shall 
not  be  so  delivered  or  received  during  the  period  from 
seven  o'clock  A.  M.  of  any  day  till  ten  o'clock  of  the 
evening  of  the  same  day. 

SEC.  98.*  That  no  lime,  ashes,  coal,  dry  sand,  hair, 
feathers,  or  other  substance  that  is  in  a  similar  manner 
liable  to  be  blown  by  the  wind,  shall  be  sieved  or  agitated 
or  exposed,  nor  shall  any  mat.  carpet  or  cloth  be  shaken 
or  beaten,  nor  any  cloth,  yarn,  garment  or  material,  or 
substance  be  scoured,  cleaned,  or  hung,  nor  any  business 
be  conducted  over,  or  any  rags,  damaged  merchandise, 
wet,  broken,  or  leaking  casks,  barrels  or  boxes,  or  broken 
bales  of  merchandise  or  goods,  be  placed,  kept,  or  ex- 
posed for  sale  in  any  street,  or  public  place,  or  where  it 
or  particles  therefrom,  or  set  in  motion  thereby,  will  pass 
into  any  such  street  or  public  place,  or  into  any  occupied 
premises.  That  neither  any  usual  nor  any  reasonable  pre- 
cautions shall  be  omitted  by  any  person  to  prevent  frag- 
ments or  other  substances  from  falling,  to  the  peril  of  life, 
or  dust  or  lighted  material  flying  into  any  street,  place,  or 
building,  from  any  building  or  erection,  while  the  same 
is  being  altered,  repaired  or  demolished,  or  otherwise. 

SEC.  99.  That  every  person  who  shall  have  paved,  or 
caused  to  be  paved,  any  street  or  place,  shall  cause  all 

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rubbish,  dirt,  and  whatsoever  else  he  has  deposited  or 
allowed  to  be  deposited  on  such  pavement,  within  five 
days  from  the  time  of  the  same  being  deposited  thereon. 
And  every  person  who  has  removed  any  flag-stone, 
curb-stone,  pavement  stone  or  other  stone,  or  dirt,  or  iron, 
in  or  from  any  street,  sidewalk,  or  place,  for  the  purpose 
of  repairs,  or  for  the  purpose  of  paving,  flagging,  or 
curbing,  or  repairing,  recurbing  or  reflagging,  or  making 
any  repairs  or  changes,  or  otherwise,  shall  cause  the  same 
or  a  proper  substitute  therefor,  to  be  placed,  or  replaced 
and  completed,  as  soon  as  the  same  can  reasonably  be 
done. 

SEC.  100.*  That  every  owner,  lessee,  tenant,  and  occu- 
pant of  any  stall,  stable,  or  apartment  in  which  any 
horse,  cattle,  or  swine,  or  any  other  animal  shall  be  kept, 
or  of  any  place  in  which  manure  or  any  liquid  discharge 
of  such  animals  shall  collect  or  accumulate,  within  the 
built-up  portion  of  said  city,  shall  cause  said  liquid  and 
manure  to  be  at  once  removed  to  some  proper  place,  and 
shall  at  all  times  keep  or  cause  to  be  kept  such  stalls, 
stables  and  apartments,  and  the  drainage,  yard,  and 
appurtenances  thereof,  in  a  cleanly  and  wholesome  con- 
dition, so  that  no  offensive  smell  detrimental  to  health 
shall  be  allowed  to  escape  therefrom  ;  and  when  within 
three  hundred  feet  of  any  occupied  dwelling  house,  or  of 
any  manufactory  where  more  than  five  persons  are 
employed,  the  removals  from  the  stables  shall  not  be 
made,  nor  shall  the  manure  or  refuse  from  the  stable  be 
allowed  to  remain  on  any  street  or  place,  without  a  per- 
mit from  this  Board.  Whenever  there  shall  be  a  cartload 

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NEW    YORK    CITY. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  Health  Department  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  held  at  its  office,  ISi'o.  301  Mott  street,  July  8,  1890,  the 
following  resolutions  were  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  under  the  power  conferred  by  law  upon  the  Health  De- 
partment, the  following  additional  amendment  of  the  Sanitary  Code  for  the 
security  of  life  and  health  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  adopted  and  declared  to 
form  a  portion  of  the  Sanitary  Code. 

Resolved,  That  section  100  of  the  Sanitary  Code  be  and  is  hereby  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 

Sec.  100.  That  every  owner,  lessee,  tenant  and  occupant  of  any  stall, 
stable,  or  apartment  in  which  any  horse,  cattle  or  swine,  or  any  other  animal 
shall  be  kept,  or  of  any  place  in  which  manure  or  any  liquid  discharge  of  such 
animals  shall  collect  or  accumulate  within  the  built-up  portion  of  said  city, 
shall  cause  said  liquid  and  manure  to  be  at  once  removed  to  some  proper  place 
and  shall  at  all  times  keep  or  cause  to  be  kept  such  stalls,  stables  and  apart- 
ments, and  the  drainage,  yard  and  appurtenances  thereof  in  a  clean  and 
wholesome  condition,  so  that  no  offensive  smell  detrimental  to  health  shall 
be  allowed  to  escape  therefrom.      Whenever  there  shall   be  a  cartload  of  un- 
baled   manure  on  any  premises,  it  shall   be  immediately  removed  as  herein 
directed,  the  carts  or  wagons  being  loaded  within  the  premites  and  not  upon 
the  street  or  sidewalk.     It  shall  not  be  lawful  to  remove  manure  from  any 
stable  or  premises,  or  to  cart  the  same  within  the  city  limits  without  a  permit 
from  the  Board  of  Health,  unless  the  manure  be  pressed  and  baled  in  a  man- 
ner satisfactory  to  the   Board  of  Health,  or  be  in  tightly  covered  carts  or 
wagons  of  a  construction  approved  by  the  Board  of  Health,  and  be  removed 
in  a  manner  not  in  any  way  offensive  or  to  cause  any  nuisance.     Every  such 
manure  cart  or  wagon  must  have  a  permit  in  writing  from  the  Board  of 
Health,  and   be  used  in  accordance  with  the  conditions  of  such  permit,  and 
noc  otherwise.     All  manure  when  transported  through  the  streets  must  be 
covered  and  secured  so  as  to  prevent  offensive  odors  escaping,  and  drippings 
upon  the  streets,  or  be  baled  or  enclosed  in  tightly  covered  barrels  or  recep- 
tacles approved  by  the  Board  of  Ilealih.     The  bales,  barrels  or  other  recepta- 
cles above  mentioned  shall  not  be  opened,  or  the  carts  and  wagons  unloaded 
within  the  city  limits,  except  upon  the  conditions  of  a  permit  in  writing  from 
the  Hoard  of   Health,  and  at  such  docks  or  places  remote  from  dwellings  as 
shall  he  approved  of  by  the  Board  of  Health,  and  to  which  a  permit  in  writ- 
ing for  such  use  shall  have  been  previously  granted  by  the  Board  of  Health. 
When  baled,  manure  shall  be  removed  every  ten  days,  or  sooner,  if  required 
by  the  Board  of  Health.     No  manure  shall  be  allowed  to  be  thrown  upon  or 
to  fall  or  remain   in  any  street,  sidewalk  or  ground  near  such  stable.     No 
manure-vault  under  the  sidewalk  shall  be  built  or  used.     No  manure-vault 
or  receptacle  outside  of  a  stable  shall  be  built  or  used  on  any  premises,  except 
pursuant  to  the  terms  of  a  permit  granted  therefor  by  the   Health   Depart- 
ment. 

[L.  s.]  CHARLES  G.  WILSON, 

President. 

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of  manure  on  any  premises  it  shall  be  immediately  re- 
moved, unless  it  be  pressed  or  baled.  The  Sanitary 
Superintendent  may  issue  permits  for,  and  regulate  the 
removal  of  bales  or  pressed  manure  upon  conditions  stated 
in  such  permits,  which  shall  prescribe  not  more  than  ten 
days  for  such  removal,  and  shall  prevent  a  nuisance.  No 
manure  vault  under  the  sidewalk  shall  be  built  or  used. 
No  manure  vault  or  receptacle  outside  of  a  stable  shall 
be  built  or  used  on  any  premises,  except  pursuant  to  the 
terms  of  a  permit  granted  therefor  by  the  Health  Depart- 
ment. 

SEC.  101.  That  no  person  shall  empty  or  attempt  to 
empty  any  vault,  sink,  privy,  or  cesspool  in  the  City  of 
New  York,  except  pursuant  to  a  permit  therefor  first 
received  from  this  Department. 

SEC.  102.  That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1872,  no  part  of  the  contents  of  any  privy,  vault, 
sink,  cesspool,  except  substances  other  than  excrements, 
insoluble  in  water,  or  any  accumulation  of  any  offensive 
fluid,  liquid,  or  semi-liquid  substance  or  material,  being 
in  any  excavation,  cellar  or  place  within  the  limits  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  shall  be  removed  therefrom,  nor  shall 
the  same  be  transported  through  any  of  the  streets  or 
avenues  of  said  city,  unless  and  except  the  same  shall  be 
removed  and  transported  by  means  of  an  air-tight 
apparatus,  or  in  any  such  manner  as  shall  prevent  entirely 
the  escape  of  any  noxious  or  offensive  odors  therefrom, 
and  by  a  permit  from  this  Department. 

SEC.  103.  Annulled  August  18,  1887. 


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SEC.  104.*  That  no  person  shall  engage  in  the  busi- 
ness of  transporting  manure,  swill,  offal,  or  any  offensive 
or  noxious  substance,  or  in  driving  any  cart  for  such 
purpose,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  until  he  shall  have 
first  received  a  permit  from  this  Department  of  such  form 
and  effect  as  the  regulations  of  the  Board  shall  provide, 
authorizing  such  persons  so  to  engage. 

SEC.  105.  Annulled  August  18,  1887. 

SEC.  106.  That  no  cart  or  other  vehicle  for  carrying  any 
offal,  swill,  garbage,  or  rubbish,  or  the  contents  of  any 
privy,  vault,  cesspool,  or  sink,  or  having  upon  it  6r  in 
anything  on  such  cart,  any  manure,  or  other  nauseous  or 
offensive  substance,  shall,  without  necessity  therefor, 
stand  or  remain,  nor  shall  a  needless  number  gather  be- 
fore or  near  any  building,  place  of  business,  or  other 
premises  where  any  person  may  be ;  nor  shall  any  such 
cart  or  vehicle  occupy  an  unreasonable  length  of  time  in 
loading  or  unloading,  or  in  passing  along  any  street  or 
through  any  inhabited  place  or  ground  ;  nor  shall  any 
such  cart  or  vehicle,  or  the  driver  thereof,  or  anything 
thereto  appertaining  be  (or  by  any  person  having  a  right 
to  control  the  same,  be  allowed  to  be),  in  a  condition 
needlessly  filthy  or  offensive ;  and  when  not  in  use,  all 
such  carts,  vehicles,  and  all  implements  used  in  connec- 
tion therewith,  shall  be  stored  and  kept  in  some  place 
where  no  needless  offense  shall  be  given  to  any  of  the 
people  of  said  city. 

SEC.  107.*  That  all  carts  and  vehicles  for  carrying  any 
nauseous  or  offensive  substances,  boxes,  tubs  and  recep- 
tacles in  which  any  nauseous  or  offensive  substance  may 

*  As  amended,  August  18, 1887. 


THE   SANITARY  CODE.  39 

be,  or  may  be  carried,  shall  be  strong  and  tight,  and  the 
sides  shall  be  so  high  above  the  load  or  contents  that  no 
part  of  such  contents  or  load  shall  fall,  leak,  or  spill  there- 
from ;  and  either  the  vehicle  or  vessel  carried  by  it,  shall 
be  so  covered  as  to  be  inoffensive. 

SEC.  108.*  That  no  driver  of  such  cart  or  vehicle,  nor 
any  person  having  undertaken  or  being  engaged  about  the 
loading  or  unloading  thereof,  nor  person  engaged  about  the 
cleaning  or  emptying,  or  having  undertaken  to  empty  or 
remove  any  manure,  garbage,  offal,  or  the  contents  of  any 
vault,  sink,  privy,  cesspool  or  any  noxious  or  offensive 
substance,  shall  do  or  permit  to  be  done  about  the  same, 
or  in  connection  therewith,  that  which  shall  be  needlessly 
offensive  or  filthy  in  respect  to  any  person,  street,  place, 
building  or  premises. 

SEC.  109.  That  no  person  shall  allow  (and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  every  contractor  and  person  who  has  ordered 
or  procured,  or  is  having  any  of  the  following  articles 
carried,  or  who  is  driving  the  same,  to  prevent)  any  cart 
or  vehicle  to  be  so  fully  loaded,  or  being  in  such  bad  con- 
dition of  repair,  or  of  such  faulty  construction,  or  being 
so  improperly  driven  or  managed,  that  any  offensive 
liquid,  or  any  manure,  garbage,  rubbish,  offal,  dirt,  or 
material  thereon,  shall  fall  upon  or  in  any  place,  street, 
or  premises  ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  such  person 
to  at  once  replace  on  such  vehicle  and  remove  what  has 
so  fallen. 

SBC.  110.  That  all  putrid  or  offensive  matter,  and  all 
night-soil,  and  the  contents  of  sinks,  privies,  vaults,  and 


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cesspools,  and  all  noxious  substances,  in  the  built-up 
portion  of  said  city,  shall,  before  their  removal  or  expos- 
ure, be  disinfected  and  rendered  inoffensive  by  the  owner, 
lessee,  or  occupant  of  the  premises  where  the  same  may 
be,  or  (in  default  of  the  same  being  so  done)  by  the  per- 
son or  contractor  who  removes  or  is  about  to  remove  the 
same ;  and  for  all  such  matter  so  disinfected  and  rend- 
ered inoffensive,  the  person  (not  being  such  tenant, 
owner,  or  occupant)  who  shall  so  disinfect  and  remove 
the  same,  shall  be  entitled  to  demand  and  receive  a  com- 
pensation to  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Health  of  the 
Health  Department,  not  exceeding  twelve  cents  per  cubic 
foot  for  making  such  disinfection  and  removal,  to  be 
paid  by  such  tenant,  owner,  or  occupant. 

SEC.  111.  That  neither  the  owner,  tenant,  nor  occupant 
of  any  building  or  premises,  in  the  built-up  portions  of 
the  City  of  New  York,  shall  employ,  cause,  or  permit  any 
parfof  the  contents  of  any  vault,  privy,  sink,  or  cess- 
pool (being  thereon,  and  of  which  he  has  control)  to  be 
removed,  unless  according  to  a  permit  or  the  regulations 
of  said  Department. 

SEC.  112.*  That  no  pile  or  deposit  of  manure,  offal, 
dirt  or  garbage,  or  any  accumulation  of  any  offensive  or 
nauseous  substance,  shall  be  made  within  the  built-up 
portions  of  the  City  of  New  York,  or  upon  any  open 
space  inclosed  within  any  portions  thereof,  or  upon  the 
piers,  docks  or  bulkheads  adjacent  thereto,  or  upon  any 
open  grounds  near  (or  upon  any  vessel  or  scow  other 
than  those  to  be  speedily,  and  according  to  the  duty  of 
any  person,  removed,  lying  at)  any  such  pier,  wharf,  or 

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bulkhead,  except  according  to  a  resolution  of  this  Board 
specially  authorizing  the  same,  and  a  permit  obtained 
from  this  Department,  and  according  to  its  regulations. 
And  no  person  shall  contribute  to  the  making  of  any 
such  accumulations.  Nor  shall  any  stra\y,  hay,  or  other 
substance  which  has  been  used  as  bedding  for  animals, 
be  placed  or  dried  upon  any  street,  or  sidewalk,  or  roof 
of  any  building,  nor  shall  any  straw,  hay,  or  other  sub- 
stance, or  the  contents  of  any  mattress  or  bed,  be  depos- 
ited or  burnt,  nor  shall  accumulation  thereof  be  made 
within  two  hundred  feet  of  any  street,  without  a  permit 
from  this  Board. 

SEC.  113.  That  no  pile  or  deposit  of  manure,  offal,  or 
garbage,  nor  any  accumulation  of  any  offensive  or  nau- 
seous substance  shall  be  made  within  three  hundred  feet 
of  any  church  or  place  of  worship,  nor  within  the  limits  of 
said  city  within  three  hundred  feet  of  any  inhabited 
dwelling,  nor  shall  any  person  or  corporation  unload, 
discharge,  or  put  upon  or  along  the  line  of  any  railroad, 
street,  or  highway,  or  public  place  within  said  city,  any 
manure,  offal,  garbage,  or  other  offensive  or  nauseous 
substance,  within  three  hundred  feet  of  any  inhabited 
dwelling ;  nor  shall  cars  or  flats  loaded  with  or  having 
in  or  upon  them  any  sucli  substance  or  substances  be  al- 
lowed to  remain  or  stand  on  or  along  any  railroad,  street, 
or  highway  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  within  three 
hundred  feet  of  any  inhabited  dwelling. 

SEC.  114.  That  no  manure,  garbage,  or  other  material 
that  is  liable  to  emit  an  offensive  exhalation,  shall,  in  or 
adjacent  to  the  built-up  portions  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  be  turned  or  stirred  (except  about  its  removal), 


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in  such  way  as  to  be  liable,  by  reason  thereof,  to  increase 
such  exhalations. 

SEC.  115.  That  every  proprietor,  lessee,  tenant,  and 
occupant  of  any  oyster-house,  oyster- saloon  or  other 
premises  where  any  oysters,  clams,  lobsters,  or  shell  or 
other  fish  are  consumed,  used,  or  sold,  or  where  any 
of  the  refuse  matter,  offal,  or  shells  thereof  accumulate, 
shall  daily  cause  all  such  shells,  offal,  and  refuse  matter 
to  be  removed  therefrom  to  some  proper  place,  and  shall 
keep  his  house,  saloon  and  premises  at  all  times  free  from 
any  offensive  smells  or  accumulations. 

SEC.  116.  That  no  hotel  or  house  swill  or  garbage  or 
offensive  material  of  a  liquid  nature,  or  partly  liquid 
nature,  not  removed  or  required  to  be  moved  by  the  con- 
tractors for  street-cleaning,  shall  be  transported  through 
or  along  any  street  in  the  City  of  New  York,  except  in 
tightly-covered  iron-bound  casks  or  boxes,  and  none  of 
the  contents  of  such  casks  or  boxes  shall  be  allowed  to 
fall,  or  leak,  or  spill  therefrom. 

SEC.  117.*  That  the  owners,  lessees,  tenants,  and 
managers  of  every  blacksmith  or  other  shop,  torge, 
coal-yard,  foundry,  manufactory,  and  premises  where  any 
business  is  done,  or  in  or  upon  which  an  engine  or  boilers, 
are  used,  shall  cause  all  ashes,  cinders,  rubbish,  dirt,  and 
refuse,  to  be  removed  to  some  proper  place,  so  that  the 
same  shall  not  accumulate  at  any  of  the  above-mentioned 
premises,  or  in  the  appurtenances  thereof,  nor  the  same 
become  filthy  or  offensive.  Nor  shall  any  smoke,  cinders, 
dust,  gas,  steam,  or  offensive  odor,  be  allowed  to  escape 

*  As  amended,  March  15, 1881. 


THE    8ANITABY   CODE.  43 

from  any  such  building,  place,  or  premises,  to  the  detri- 
ment or  annoyance  of  any  person  not  being  therein  or 
thereupon  engaged. 

SEC.  118.  That  from  and  after  the  1st  day  of  June, 
1870,  every  furnace  employed  in  the  working  of  engines 
by  steam,  or  in  any  mill,  factory,  printing-house,  dye- 
factory,  iron-foundry,  glass-house,  distillery,  brew-house, 
sugar-refinery,  bake-house,  gas-works,  or  in  any  other 
buildings,  used  for  the  purposes  of  trade  or  manufacture, 
shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  consume  or  burn  the  smoke 
arising  therefrom,  unless  a  permit  to  the  contrary  be 
obtained  from  this  Department. 

SEC.  119.  That  no  vault,  privy,  sink,  cistern,  or  cess- 
pool, shall  hereafter  be  made  or  rebuilt  in  the  City  of  New 
York,  except  in  accordance  with  the  regulations,  and  pur- 
suant to  a  permit  first  obtained  from  this  Department ; 
nor  shall  any  erection  or  cover  be  made  or  put  upon,  or 
over  the  same,  until  the  same  has  been  inspected  by  the 
Sanitary  Superintendent,  or  any  officer  detailed  by  him, 
and  been  found  to  correspond  to  such  permit  and  regula- 
tions ;  and  no  privy  shall  be  built  within  two  feet  of  the 
line  of  any  lot. 

DISEASED  ANIMALS. 

SEC.  120.  That  no  diseased  or  sickly  horse,  cattle, 
swine,  sheep,  dog,  or  cat,  or  other  animals,  nor  any  that 
have  been  exposed  to  any  disease  that  is  contagious  among 
such  animals,  shall  be  brought  into  the  City  of  New  York. 

SEC.  121.*  That  no  person  shall  keep,  retain  or  allow, 
or  employ  to  be  kept  or  retained,  at  any  place  within  or 

*  As  amended,  August  80,  1875. 


44  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

adjacent  to  the  built-up  portions  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
any  horse,  ass  or  colt  having  the  disease  known  as  glanders 
or  farcy,  but  shall  at  once  report  the  fact  to  the  Board  of 
Health  of  said  city,  and  under  the  direction  of  the  Sani- 
tary Superintendent  shall  remove  such  animal  in  the  man- 
ner designated  by  such  Sanitary  Superintendent.  No 
animal  having  glanders  or  farcy,  or  any  contagious  dis- 
ease, or  that  shall  die  thereof,  shall  be  removed,  disposed 
of,  .or  exposed  in  any  street  or  public  place  in  said  city 
without  a  written  permit  from  said  Board  of  Health,  and 
then  only  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  such  permit. 

DEAD,    SICK  AND  INJURED   ANIMALS. 

SEC.  122.  That  no  person  shall  leave  in  or  throw  into 
any  place  or  street,  or  public  water,  nor  offensively  expose 
or  bury,  the  body  (or  any  part  thereof)  of  any  dead  or 
fatally  sick  or  injured  animal ;  nor  shall  any  person  keep 
any  dead  animal  or  any  offensive  meat,  bird,  fowl,  or  fish 
in  a  place  where  the  same  may  be  dangerous  to  the  life  or 
detrimental  to  the  health  of  any  person. 

SEC.  123.  That  any  animal,  being  in  any  street  or  pub- 
lic place,  within  or  adjacent  to  the  built-up  portion  of 
New  York  City,  and  appearing  in  the  estimation  of  any 
officer  or  inspector  of  this  Department  (and  of  two  dis- 
creet citizens,  calletl  by  such  officer  or  inspector  to  view 
the  same  in  his  presence)  injured  or  diseased  past  recovery, 
for  any  useful  purpose,  and  not  being  attended  and  prop- 
erly cared  for  by  the  owner  or  some  proper  person  to  have 
charge  thereof  for  such  owner ;  or  not  having  been  re- 
moved to  some  private  premises,  or  to  some  place  des- 
ignated by  such  officer  or  inspector,  within  one  hour  after 


THE    SANITARY   CODE.  45 

being  found  or  left  in  such  condition,  may  be  deprived  of 
life  by  such  officer  or  inspector,  or  as  he  may  direct;  and 
shall  thereafter,  unless  at  once  removed  by  the  owner  or 
person,  be  treated  as  any  other  animal  found  on  a  street 
or  place. 

SEC.  124.  That  any  person  having  a  dead  animal  or  an 
animal  past  recovery,  and  not  killed  for  and  proper  for 
use  as  meat  or  fish,  or  in  any  offensive  condition,  or  sick 
with  an  infectious  or  contagious  disease  on  his  premises  in 
said  city,  and  every  person  whose  animal  or  any  animal  in 
his  charge  or  under  his  control  in  any  street  or  place,  may 
die  or  become  or  be  in  a  condition  past  recovery,  shall  at 
once  remove  or  cause  the  removal  of  such  animal,  dead  or 
alive,  to  some  proper  place,  and  when  such  place  may  be 
designated  by  the  Sanitary  Superintendent  of  this  Djpart- 
ment,  to  the  place  so  designated. 

SEC.  125.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner,  and 
of  the  person  that  last  had  or  then  having  charge  of  any 
animal,  so  dead  or  injured  or  diseased,  and  being  in  any 
street  or  public  place,  to  at  once  give  notice  thereof,  and 
of  the  nearest  street  and  avenue  where  it  may  be,  to  some 
inspector  or  officer  of  this  Department,  or  of  the  Sanitary 
Bureau,  unless  such  animal  is  at  once  removed  by  some 
proper  person. 

SEC.  126.  That  no  person  other  than  the  inspectors  or 
officers  of  this  Department  or  the  Hoard  of  Police,  or 
persons  thereto  authorized,  shall  ia  any  way  interfere 
with  such  dead,  sick  or  injured  animal  in  any  street 
or  place,  and  no  person  shall  skin  or  wound  such  animal 
in  such  street  or  public  place,  unless^to  terminate  its  life 
as  herein  authorized,  except  that  the  owner  t  or  person 


46  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

having  control  of  such  animal  may  terminate  the  life 
thereof  in  the  presence  and  by  the  consent  of  a  police- 
man or  an  inspector  or  officer  of  this  Department. 

SEC.  127.  That  no  person  shall  obstruct,  delay,  or 
interfere  with  the  proper  and  free  use,  for  the  purposes 
for  which  they  may  be  and  should  be  set  apart  and 
devoted,  of  any  dock,  pier,  or  bulkhead  set  apart  for  the 
use  of  any  contractor  or  person  engaged  in  removing  any 
offal,  garbage,  rubbish,  dirt,  dead  animal,  night-soil,  or 
other  like  substances,  or  with  the  proper  performance  of 
such  contracts. 

SEC.  128.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  contractor 
and  person  (his  agents  and  employees)  who  has  contracted 
or  undertaken  to  remove  any  diseased  or  dead  animal, 
offal,  rubbish,  garbage,  dirt,  street-sweeping,  night-soil, 
or  other  filthy,  offensive,  or  noxious  substance,  or  is 
engaged  about  any  such  removal,  or  in  loading  or  unload- 
ing of  any  such  substance,  to  do  the  same  with  dis- 
patch, and  in  every  particular  in  a  manner  as  cleanly  and 
little  offensive,  and  with  as  little  danger  and  prejudice  to 
life  and  health  as  possible. 

SEC.  129.  That  no  matter  or  material  in  the  section 
last  mentioned  shall  lay  piled  up,  or  partially  raked 
together,  in  any  street  or  place  before  the  removal  thereof, 
more  than  a  reasonable  time,  nor  for  more  than  four  hours 
in  the  day-time  under  any  circumstance. 

SEC.  130.*  That  no  ship,  boat,  or  other  vessel  or  arti- 
cle, shall  be  taken  or  allowed  by  any  person  to  come  into 

*  As  amended,  Aug.  26,  1873. 


TRE    SANITARY  CODE.  4? 

or  lay  to,  or  at,  or  within  any  dock,  pier,  bulkhead,  or 
slip,  or  be  placed  thereon  for  the  purpose  of  the  shipment 
or  removal  of  any  offal,  garbage,  rubbish,  blood  or  offen- 
sive animal  or  vegetable  matter,  dirt  or  dead  animals,  or 
for  the  use  of  any  contractor  about  the  removal  of  any  of 
the  foregoing  substances,  without  a  permit  from  this 
Department. 

REPORTS   AS   TO   CONTAGIOUS   AND   INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES. 

SEC.  131.  That  every  physician  shall  report  to  the 
Sanitary  Bureau,  in  writing,  every  person  having  a  con- 
tagious disease  (and  the  state  of  his  or  her  disease,  and 
his  or  her  place  of  dwelling  and  name  if  known),  which 
such  physician  has  prescribed  for  or  attended  for  the  first 
time  since  having  such  a  contagious  disease,  during  any 
part  of  the  preceding  twenty-four  hours ;  but  not  more 
than  two  reports  shall  be  required  in  one  week  concern- 
ing the  same  person ;  but  every  attending  or  practicing 
physician  thereat  must,  at  his  peril,  see  that  such  report 
is  or  has  been  made  by  some  attending  physician. 

SEC.  132.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  and  every 
practicing  physician  in  the  City  of  New  York  to  report, 
in  writing,  to  the  Board  of  Health,  the  death  of  any  of 
his  patients  who  shall  have  died  in  said  city  of  contagious 
or  infectious  disease,  within  twenty-four  hours  thereafter, 
and  to  state  in  such  report  the  specific  name  and  type  of 
such  disease. 

SEC.  133.  That  every  keeper  of  any  boarding-house, 
or  lodging-house,  and  every  inn  keeper  and  hotel  keeper, 
shall,  within  twenty-four  hours,  report  in  writing  to  the 
Sanitary  Bureau  the  same  particulars  in  the  last  section 


48  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

required  of  any  physician,  concerning  any  person  being 
at  any  of  the  aforesaid  houses  or  hotels,  and  attacked 
with  any  contagious  disease. 

SEC.  134.  That  the  commissioners,  managers,  principal 
or  other  proper  head  officer  of  each  and  every  public  or 
private  institution  in  said  city,  shall,  twice  in  each  week, 
report,  in  writing  (or  cause  such  report  by  some  proper 
and  competent  person  to  be  made  twice  in  each  week),  to 
the  Sanitary  Bureau,  and  state  therein  the  name,  if  known, 
and  condition  and  disease  of  any  and  every  person  being 
thereat,  and  sick  of  any  contagious  disease. 

SEC.  135.  That  the  master,  chief  officer,  and  consignee, 
or  one  of  them,  of  every  vessel  not  being  in  quarantine, 
or  within  quarantine  limits,  but  being  within  one-fourth 
of  a  mile  of  any  dock,  wharf,  pier,  or  building  of  said 
city,  shall  daily  report  to  the  Sanitary  Bureau,  or  cause 
to  be  reported,  in  writing,  the  particulars,  and  shall 
therein  state  the  name,  disease,  and  condition  of  any  per- 
son being  in  or  on  such  vessel,  and  sick  of  any  contagious 
disease. 

SEC.  136.  *  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person 
knowing  of  any  individual  in  said  city  sick  of  any  con- 
tagious disease,  and  the  duty  of  every  physician  hearing 
of  any  such  sick  person,  who  he  shall  have  reason  to  think 
requires  the  attention  of  this  Department,  to  at  once  report 
the  facts  to  the  Sanitary  Bureau  in  regard  to  the  disease, 
condition  and  dwelling-place,  or  condition  of  such  sick 
person ;  and  no  person  shall  interfere  with  or  obstruct 
the  entrance,  inspection  and  examination  of  any  building 
or  house  by  the  inspectors  and  officers  of  this  Department, 

*  As  amended,  Jan.  23, 1881. 


THE    SANITARY   CODE.  49 

when  there  has  been  reported  the  case  of  a  person  sick 
with  contagious  disease  therein. 

SEC.  137.  That  the  keepers,  lessees,  tenants,  and  own- 
ers of  every  boarding-house  and  lodging-house  shall, 
within  six  hours  after  the  fact  shall  come  to  his  or  her  or 
their  knowledge,  notify  the  Sanitary  Bureau,  in  writing, 
of  the  fact  of  any  seafaring  man  or  person  lately  from 
any  vessel  being  taken  sick  at  such  house,  and  shall  in 
such  notice  state  where  such  sick  person  may  be  found, 
and  from  what  vessel,  and  when  he  came,  to  the  best  of 
the  knowledge  of  the  person  or  persons  giving  such 
notice. 

SEC.  138.  That  every  master  and  chief  officer  of  any 
vessel,  and  every  physician  of,  or  who  practiced  on,  any 
vessel  which  shall  arrive  in  the  port  qf  New  York  from 
any  other  port,  shall  at  once  report  to  this  Department  anjr 
facts  connected  with  any  person  or  thing  on  said  vessel, 
or  that  came  thereon,  which  he  has  reason  to  think  may 
endanger  the  public  health  of  this  city;  and  he  shall 
report  the  facts  to  any  person  being  or  having  been  sick 
thereon,  of  a  contagious  disease,  and  as  to  their  being 
or  having  been,  during  the  voyage  or  since  her  arrival,  any 
infected  person  or  articles  thereon. 

SEC.  139.  That  every  master,  charterer,  owner,  part 
owner,  and  consignee  of  any  vessel  or  of  the  cargo  thereof 
which  shall  be  in  the  water  of  said  city,  unless  detained 
in  quarantine,  shall  at  once  give,  or  cause  to  be  given,  to 
the  Sanitary  Superintendent,  written  notice  of  any 
infected  article  or  person,  and  every  person  sick  of  a 
contagious  disease,  being  or  having  within  ten  days  been 
on  i>o:inl  s.-iid  vessel ;  and  also  of  each  and  every  fact  and 
4 


50  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

thing  relative  to  said  vessel,  sick  person  or  cargo,  or  to  the 
crew  of  such  vessel,  which  any  of  the  first-mentioned  per- 
sons shall  have  reason  to  think  may  be  useful  for  this 
Department  to  know,  or  be  or  become  dangerous  or  pre- 
judicial to  life  or  health  in  said  city. 

REMOVALS   FROM,   AND  UNLOADING  OF    VESSELS. 

SEC.  140.  That  every  master,  owner,  charterer,  part 
owner,  or  consignee  of  any  vessel,  that  shall  bring  any 
cotton  into  the  port  of  New  York  and  within  the  limits  of 
the  City  of  New  York,  between  the  first  day  of  May  and 
the  first  day  of  November  of  each  year,  shall  at  once 
report  to  this  Department,  or  cause  to  be  made,  in 
writing,  a  report  to  this  Department  of  the  fact  of  any 
such  cotton  being  in  a  dangerous,  infected,  or  unsound 
condition,  or  having  been  exposed  to  any  infection. 

SEC.  141.  That  no  master,  charterer,  owner,  part  owner 
or  consignee  of  any  vessel,  or  any  other  person,  shall  bring 
to  any  dock,  pier,  wharf,  or  building  within  one  thousand 
feet  thereof,  in  said  city,  or  unload  at  any  dock,  building, 
or  pier  therein,  or  have  on  storage  in  the  built-up  portions 
of  said  city,  any  skins,  hides,  rags,  or  similar  articles  or 
materials,  having  been  brought  from  any  foreign  country 
or  any  infected  place,  or  from  any  points  south  of  Nor- 
folk, Virginia,  without  or  otherwise  than  according  to 
written  permit  so  to  do  from  this  Department ;  and  no 
person  shall  sell,  exchange,  or  in  any  way  make  exposure 
of  any  straw,  bedding,  or  other  articles  that  have  been 
exposed  to  the  contagion  or  infection  of  any  contagious 
disease,  or  have  been  or  are  liable  to  communicate  such 
disease,  or  have  lately  been  on  any  emigrant  vessel,  until 


THE    SANITARY   CODE.  51 

after  the  same  have  been  adequately  cleansed  or  disin- 
fected. 

SEC.  142.  That  no  owner,  agent,  or  consignee  of  any  ves- 
sel, or  cargo,  and  no  officer  of  any  vessel  (in  respect  of 
either  of  which  vessel  or  cargo  a  permit,  according  to  any 
law,  ordinance,  or  regulation  shall  or  should  have  been  ob- 
tained to  pass  quarantine,  or  to  come  up  to  the  tfater-f ront 
of  the  City  of  New  York)  shall  unlade,  or  land,  or 
cause  to  be  unladen  or  landed,  such  cargo,  or  any  part 
thereof,  in  said  city,  without  having  first  received  the 
written  permit  of  this  Department  so  to  do, 

SEC.  143.  That  no  captain,  officer,  consignee,  owner, 
or  other  person  in  charge  of  any  vessel  (or  having  right 
and  authority  to  prevent  the  same)  shall  remove  or  aid  in 
removing  from  aay  vessel  to  the  shore  (save  as  legally 
authorized  by  the  Health  Officer  of  the  port  of  New  York, 
and  into  quarantine  grounds  and  buildings  only)  any 
person  sick  of,  or  person  that  has  been  exposed  to,  and  is 
liable  very  soon  to  develop  any  contagious  disease,  nor  so 
remove  or  aid  in  removing  any  articles  that  may  have  been 
exposed  to  the  contagion  of  any  such  disease,  except  in 
accordance  with  a  permit  of  this  Department,  or  with 
its  special  regulations. 

SEC.  144.  That  no  master,  charterer,  consignee,  or 
other  person  shall  order,  bring  or  allow  (having  power 
and  authority  to  prevent)  any  vessel  or  person,  or  article 
therefrom,  from  any  infected  port,  nor  any  vessel,  or 
person  or  article  therefrom,  liable  to  quarantine,  according 
to  the  ninth  section  of  the  three  hundred  and  fifty-eighth 
chapter  of  the  Laws  of  1863  (or  under  any  other  laws,  and 


52  THE    SANITARY    CODE. 

whether  such  quarantine  has  been  made  or  suffered  or  not), 
to  come  or  be  brought  to  any  point  nearer  than  three 
hundred  yards  of  any  dock  or  pier,  or  to  any  building  in 
said  city  without  or  otherwise  than  according  to  a  permit 
of  this  Department.  Nor  shall  any  vessel,  or  person  or 
thing  therein  or  therefrom,  having  been  in  quarantine, 
come  or  be  brought  within  the  last-named  distance  of  any 
last-named  place,  without  the  permit  or  assent  of  this 
Department. 

SEC.  145.  That  no  person  shall  bring  into  this  city, 
from  any  infected  place,  or  land,  or  taken  therein,  from 
any  vessel  lately  from  an  infected  port,  or  from  any 
vessel  or  building  in  which  had  lately  been  any  person 
sick  of  a  contagious  disease,  any  article  or  person  whatso- 
ever, nor  shall  any  such  person  land  or  come  into  said 
city  without  a  permit  of  this  Department ;  and  it  shall 
be  no  excuse  that  such  person  or  article  so  offending,  or 
the  occasion  of  offense,  has  passed  through  quarantine, 
or  has  a  permit  from  any  other  source  than  this  Depart- 
ment. 

SEC.  146.  That  no  owner,  part-owner,  charterer,  agent, 
or  consignee  of  any  vessel,  nor  any  officer  or  person 
having  charge  or  control  of  the  same,  shall  allow  to  be 
cast  therefrom,  and  no  person  shall  cast  therefrom,  into 
any  public  waters  of  the  City  of  New  York,  any  straw, 
bedding,  clothing,  or  other  substance,  from  any  incoming 
vessel,  from  any  foreign  port,  or  port  south  of  Cape 
Heulopen,  without  a  permit  from  this  Board,  except  as 
allowed  by  the  quarantine  authorities. 


THE    SANITARY   CODE.  53 

HEALTH   OFFICER. 

SEC.  147.  That  the  Health  Officer  of  the  port  of  New 
York,  his  assistants  and  deputies,  shall  at  all  times  keep 
this  Department  informed,  by  weekly  written  re-ports, 
of  the  number  of  vessels  in  quarantine,  of  the  number 
of  persons  sick  in  the  floating  or  other  hospitals  thereat, 
and  of  the  diseases  with  which  they  are  severally 
afflicted  ;  he  and  they  shall  also  receive  into  the  floating 
hospital  all  cases  of  yellow  fever  found  in  this  city  and 
the  port  aforesaid ;  he  or  they  shall  not  send  or  allow  to 
return  to  the  vicinity  of  said  city,  without  the  permit  of 
the  Sanitary  Superintendent,  any  person,  vessel,  or  article 
which  this  Department  has  ordered  to  quarantine.  , 


REMOVALS   OF   SICK  PERSONS. 

SEC.  148.*  That  no  person  shall  within  this  city,  with- 
out a  permit  from  this  Department,  carry,  remove,  or 
cause  or  permit  to  be  carried  or  removed,  any  person  sick 
with  small-pox  or  other  contagious  disease,  or  remove  or 
cause  to  be  removed,  any  such  person  from  any  building 
or  vessel  to  any  other  building  or  vessel  or  to  the  shore, 
or  to  or  from  any  vehicle  in  any  part  of  the  city.  Nor 
shall  any  person,  by  any  exposure  of  any  individual  sick 
of  any  contagious  disease,  or  of  the  body  of  such  person, 
or  by  any  negligent  act  connected  therewith,  or  in  respect 
of  the  care  or  custody  thereof,  or  by  a  needless  exposure 
of  himself,  cause  or  contribute  to,  or  promote  the  spread 
of  disease  from  any  such  person,  or  from  any  dead  body. 

*  As  amended,  March  15, 1881. 


54  THE    SANITARY    CODE. 

VACCINATION. 

SEC.  149.  That  every  person,  being  the  parent  or 
guardian,  or  having  the  care,  custody,  or  control  of  any 
minor,  or  other  individual,  shall  (to  the  extent  of  any 
means,  power  and  authority  of  said  parent,  guardian,  Or 
other  person  that  could  properly  be  used  or  exerted  for 
such  purpose)  cause  and  procure  such  minor  or  individ- 
ual, to  be  so  promptly,  frequently,  and  effectively  vac- 
cinated, that  such  minor  or  individual  shall  not  take,  or 
be  liable  to  take  the  small-pox. 

EXPOSURE  TO    DISEASE. 

SEC.  150.  That  no  parent,  master  or  custodian  of  any 
child  or  minor  (having  power  and  authority  to  prevent) 
shall  permit  any  such  child  or  minor  to  be  unnecessarily 
exposed,  or  to  needlessly  expose  any  other  person,  to  the 
taking,  or  to  the  infection  of,  any  contagious  disease. 

DEAD   BODIES — INTERMENTS — SEXTONS. 

SEC.  151.  That  no  interment  of  the  dead  body  of  any 
human  being,  or  disposition  thereof  in  any  tomb,  vault, 
or  cemetery,  shall  be  made  within  the  City  of  New  York, 
without  a  permit  therefor  granted  by  this  Department, 
nor  otherwise  than  in  accordance  therewith,  and  no  sex- 
ton or  other  person  shall  assist  in,  or  assent  to,  or  allow 
any  such  interment,  or  aid  or  assist  about  preparing  any 
grave  or  place  of  deposit  for  any  such  body,  for  which 
such  permit  has  not  been  given  authorizing  the  same. 
A.nd  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  who  shall  receive 
any  such  permit,  to  preserve  and  to  return  the  same  to  this 
Department,  as  its  regulations  may  require. 


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SEC.  152.  That  no  new  burying-ground,  cemetery, 
tomb,  or  vault  for  dead  human  bodies  shall  be  established, 
nor  shall  the  remains  of  any  dead  body  be  placed  in  any 
existing  burying-ground,  vault,  tomb,  or  cemetery  in  the 
City  of  New  York,  nor  any  of  said  receptacles  be  opened, 
exposed,  or  disturbed,  except  according  to  the  terms  of 
a  permit  therefor  given  by  this  Department ;  and  every- 
body buried  in  any  such  place  shall  be  buried  to  the 
depth  of  six  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  ground,  and 
four  feet  below  any  closely  adjacent  street. 

SEC.  153.  That  every  person  who  acts  as  a  sexton  or 
undertaker  in  the  City  of  New  York,  or  has  the  charge 
or  care  of  any  vault,  tomb,  burying-ground,  or  cemetery 
for  the  reception  of  the  dead,  or  where  the  bodies  of  any 
human  beings  are  deposited,,  shall  cause  his  or  her  name 
and  residence,  and  the  nature  of  his  or  her  charge  and  du- 
ties, to  be  registered  with  this  Department.. 

SEC.  154.  That  every  sexton  and  other  person  having 
charge  of  any  burying-ground,  cemetery,  tomb,  or  vault 
in  the  City  of  New  York,  shall,  before  twelve  o'clock  on 
Monday  of  each  week,  make  return  to  this  Department  of 
the  bodies  and  persons  buried  since  their  last  return,  and 
in  such  form,  and  specifying  such  particulars,  as  the  special 
regulations  of  this  Department  shall  require. 

SEC.  155.*  That  no  captain,  agent,  or  person  having 
charge  of  or  attached  to  any  ferry-boat,  sailing,  or  other 
vessel,  nor  any  person  in  charge  of  any  car,  stage,  or  other 
vehicle,  or  public  or  private  conveyance,  shall  convey  or 
allow  to  be  conveyed  thereon  or  by  any  means  aforesaid, 

*  As  amended,  Jane  5, 1877,  June  25,  1878,  October  96,  1880,  and 
August  18,  1887. 


56  THE    8ANITAKY   CODE. 

nor  shall  any  person  convey  or  allow  to  be  carried  or  con- 
veyed, in  any  manner,  from  or  in  the  City  of  New  York, 
the  dead  body  of  any  human  being,  or  any  part  thereof, 
without  a  permit  therefor  from  this  Department.  And  the 
proper  coupon  for  that  purpose  attached  to  any  such  per- 
mit, when  issued,  shall  be  preserved  and  returned  to  this 
Department,  as  its  regulations  may  require,  by  the  proper 
officer  or  person  on  such  boat  or  vessel,  and  by  the  proper 
person  in  charge  of  any  train  of  care  or  vehicle  on  which 
any  such  body  may  be  carried  from  said  city.  Provided, 
however,  that  the  same  effect  shall  be  given,  under  this 
section,  to  a  transit  permit  issued  by  the  Health  Officer,  or 
Board  of  Health,  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  as  to  a  transit 
permit  issued  from  this  Department,  when  the  death  of 
the  person  named  in  the  permit  shall  have  occurred  in 
the  City  of  Brooklyn,  and  provided  that  the  same  effect 
shall  be  given,  under  this  section,  to  transit  permits 
issued  severally  by  Boards  of  Health  of  cities,  towns  or 
villages  in  the  State  of  New  York,  or  by  Boards  of  Health 
that  may  be  hereafter  organized,  pursuant  to  chapter  270 
of  the  Laws  of  1885  of  the  State  of  New  York,  passed 
May  12,  1885,  being  ' '  An  Act  for  the  preservation  of  the 
public  health  and  the  registration  of  vital  statistics,"  or 
when  issued  by  the  Health  Officer  of  any  such  city,  town 
or  village,  as  to  a  transit  permit  issued  from  this  Depart- 
ment, when  the  death  of  the  person  named  in  the  permit 
shall  have  occurred  in  the  city,  town  or  village,  from 
which  such  permit  shall  have  been  issued. 

And  provided  that  the  same  effect  shall  be  given,  under 
this  section,  to  a  transit  permit  issued  under  the  laws 
of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  and  especially  pursuant 
to  provisions  of  an  act  of  said  State,  entitled,  ' '  An  act 


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concerning  the  registry  and  returns  of  marriages,  births, 
and  deaths,"  passed  April  5,  1878,  as  to  a  transit  permit 
issued  from  this  Department;  subject,  nevertheless,  in 
every  case  to  all  the  care,  precautions  and  diligence 
prescribed  by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  this  Depart- 
ment. 

SEC.  156.  That  no  person  shall  retain,  expose,  or  allow 
to  be  retained  or  exposed,  the  dead  body  of  any  human 
being  to  the  peril  or  prejudice  of  the  life  or  health  of  any 
person. 

SEC.  157.*  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person 
who  has  discovered  or  seen  the  body  of  a  dead  human  be- 
ing, or  any  part  thereof  (if  there  is  reason  for  such  per- 
son to  think  that  the  fact  of  the  death,  or  the  place  of 
such  body,  or  part  thereof,  is  not  publicly  known),  to 
immediately  communicate  to  the  Sanitary  Bureau  the  fact 
of  such  discovery  of  such  body,  the  place  where,  and  time 
when,  the  same  was  discovered  or  seen,  and  where  the 
same  is  or  may  be  found,  and  any  facts  known  by  which 
said  body  may  be  indentifled,  or  the  cause  of  death  ascer- 
tained. 

SEC.  158.  That  no  person  shall  retain  or  allow  to  be  re- 
tained unburied  the  dead  body  of  any  human  being  for  a 
longer  time  than  four  days  after  the  death  of  such  person, 
without  a  permit  from  this  Department,  which  permit 
shall  specify  the  length  of  time  during  which  such  body 
may  be  retained  unburied.  This  ordinance  shall  not  ap- 
ply to  bodies  retained  in  the  public  Morgue  at  Bellevue 
Hospital  during  the  time  of  such  detention. 

*  Ae  amended,  March  21, 1881. 


58  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

CORONERS. 

SEC.  159.*  That  at  least  two  hours  before  the  holding 
of  any_  inquest  within  the  City  of  New  York  upon  a  dead 
body,  the  coroner  who  has  been  notified  of  any  death,  or 
who  may  propose  or  intend  to  hold  such  inquest,  shall 
transmit  and  cause  to  be  delivered  to  the  Sanitary  Bureau 
written  notice  containing  the  following  facts  so  far  as 
known  or  reported  to  any  such  coroner  : 

1 .  The  fact  of  any  such  call  for  the  holding  of  an  in- 
quest,  and  by  whom  made,  and  when  and  from  whom 
received  by  the  coroner. 

2.  The  place  (giving  the  street  and  street  number,  and 
if  there  be  none,  then  other  particulars)  where  the  body 
is. 

3.  What  is  reported  to  be  the  oause  of  the  death. 

4.  When  and  where  the  death  took  place,  and  where 
the  body  has  since  been. 

5.  When  and  where  he  proposes  to  hold  the  inquest, 
giving  the  street,  the  street  number  (or  otherwise  suffi- 
ciently designating  such  place),  and  the  hour. 

6.  What  physician,  or  physicians,  or  other  professional 
person  last  attended  such  diseased  person,   or  attended 
such  person  within  forty-eight  hours  of  such  disease. 

At  any  time  after  the  commencement  of  any  inquest, 
the  coroner  holding  or  who  should  hold,  or  who  held 
such  inquest,  shall  within  twelve  hours  after  the  receipt 
of  a  written  request  so  to  do  from  the  Sanitary  Superin- 
tendent, answer  in  writing  such  of  the  following  or  such 

*  As  amended  March  21, 1884. 


THE    SANITARY  CODE.  59 

other  questions  as  may  be  propounded  to  him  by  the  said 
inspector  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge,  information,  and 
belief. 

Report  of  Coroner  {here  insert  Coroner's  name]  upon 
the  body  of  [here  fill  in  name  or  description  of  deceased], 
on  the  {here  fill  in  year,  month,  and  day],  at  [here  mention 
street  and  number.  ] 

1.  What  was  the  age,   sex,  and  last  occupation,  resi- 
dence, and  nativity  of  such  deceased  person  ? 

2.  At  what  house  or  place,  and  in  or  near  what  street 
or  avenue,  at  what  number  therein   did  such  deceased 
person  die  ? 

3.  If  such    person    died    of   any  poison,  when   and 
where  was  the  same  administered,  and  what  was  the  kind 
of  poison  ? 

4.  If  sucli  person  died  of  violence,   when  and  where 
was  the  same  committed,  and  upon  what  part  of  the 
body  and  organs,  and  of  what  did  it  consist  ? 

5.  If  such  person  died  of  any  other  cause,  state  such 
cause,  and  when  and  where  the  cause  took  effect  upon  or 
was  received  by  the  deceased  ? 

6.  Who  was  last   in   care  of  or  with    such    deceased 
person,  and  at  what  place  and  at  what  time  before  death, 
and  when  giving  the  full  name  and  residence  of  each 
such  person  ? 

7.  What  was  the  name  and  residence  of  the  physician 
and  persons  who  last  attended,  and  of  each  physician  and 
person   who   within   forty-eight    hours    of   such    death 


60  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

attended  upon  such  deceased  person,  and  where  did  he  so 
attend ;  and  whether  said  physician  was  notified  of  or 
attended  and  was  examined  at  such  inquest  ? 

8.  The  times,  places,  and  dates    of   holding   the  in- 
quest, and  the  names  and  residences  by  street  number  of 
the  jurors  and  witnesses  that  attended,  and  dates  of  their 
attendance,  and  when  and  where  the  body  of  the  deceased 
was  present  at  such  inquest  ? 

9.  Was  any  post-mortem  examination  made,  and  if  so, 
when,    where,   and    by   whom,    and   who   was    present 
thereat  ? 

It  shall  be  tfie  duty  of  all  coroners  in  said  city  to 
make  return  to  the  Sanitary  Bureau  of  all  inquisitions 
by  them  taken,  except  when  by  law,,  such  inquests  are 
required  to  be  filed  elsewhere,  and  such  return  shall  in- 
clude the  evidence  taken  on  such  inquest,  and  the  verdict 
of  the  jury,  and  the  full  names  and  residences  of  the 
several  jurymen. 

And  in  all  cases  where  the  inquest  may  be  required  by 
law  to  be  filed  elsewhere  such  coroner  shall  make  return 
to  said  Bureau  of  a  copy  of  such  inquest,  including  a 
copy  of  such  evidence  and  verdict;  and  all  such  return 
shall  be  made  within  forty-eight  hours  after  the  holding 
of  any  and  every  inquest. 

MARRIAGES,   BIRTHS    AND   DEATHS. 

SEC.  160.  That  every  clergyman,  magistrate  and  other 
person  who  may  perform  a  marriage  ceremony,  shall 
make  and  keep  a  registry  of  the  marriage  celebrated,  and 
therein  enter  the  full  names  of  the  parties  married,  and 


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the  residence,  age,  and  condition  of  each ;  and  every 
physician,  midwife,  and  other  person  who  may  profes- 
sionally assist  or  advise  at  any  birth,  shall  make  and  keep 
a  registry  of  every  such  birth,  and  therein  enter  the  time 
and  place,  ward,  and  street  number  of  such  birth,  and  the 
sex  and  color  of  every  child  born,  and  the  names  and 
residence  of  each  of  the  parents  (so  far  as  the  foregojng 
facts  can  be  ascertained);  and  every  physician  and  profes- 
sional adviser  who  has  attended  any  person  at  a  last  ill- 
ness, or  has  been  present  by  request  at  the  death  of  any 
person,  shall  make  and  preserve  a  registry  of  such  death, 
stating  the  cause  thereof,  and  specifying  the  date,  hour, 
place,  and  street  number  of  such  death. 

SEC.  161.*  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person 
mentioned  in  the  last  section,  or  required  to  make  or 
keep  any  such  register,  to  present  to  the  Sanitary 
Bureau  a  copy  of  such  register  signed  by  such  person, 
or  a  written  statement  by  him  signed,  of  all  the 
facts  in  said  register  required  to  be  entered,  within 
five  days  after  the  birth  or  marriage,  and  within  thirty- 
six  hours  after  the  death  of  any  person  to  whom  such 
registry  may  or  should  relate,  which  shall  thereupon  be 
placed  on  file  in  the  said  Bureau. 

SEC.  162.*  Tbat  every  clerk,  officer  and  person  within 
said  city,  required  by  the  one  hundred  and  fifty-second 
chapter  of  the  Laws  of  1 847,  or  by  the  three  hundred  and 
eightieth  chapter  of  the  Laws  of  1864,  to  make  or  preserve 
any  entry,  registry,  record  or  certificate,  as  to  births, 
deaths,  or  marriages,  shall  send,  or  cause  to  be  sent,  to  the 
Sanitary  Bureau  of  this  Department,  within  five  days  af- 

*  As  amended,  March  21,  1884. 


62  THE    SANITARYX  CODE. 

ter  knowledge  of  the  birth,  death  or  marriage,  a  full  and 
true  statement  in  writing,  containing  all  the  particulars 
in  respect  thereto  (so  far  as  reasonably  ascertainable), 
which  in  any  other  section  hereof,  are  required  to  be  stated 
by  any  person  relative  to  any  birth,  death  or  marriage, 
which  shall  thereupon  be  placed  on  file  in  said  Bureau. 

SEC.  163.  That  every  person  therein  referred  to  within 
the  City  of  New  York  shall  perform  the  acts  required  in 
the  following  provisions  (so  far  as  the  same  are  appli- 
cable to  said  city)  of  section  13  of  chapter  74  of  the  Laws 
of  1866,  to  wit : 

"  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  next  of  kin  of  any  person 
deceased,  and  of  each  person  being  with  such  deceased 
person  at  his  or  her  death,  and  of  the  person  occupying 
or  living  in  any  house  or  premises  in  or  on  which  any  per- 
son may  die,  and  of  the  parents  of  any  child  born  in  said 
district  (and  if  there  be  no  parent  alive  that  has  made 
such  report,  then  of  the  next  of  kin  of  such  child  born),' 
and  of  every  person  present  at  such  birth,  within  five 
clays  after  such  birth  or  death,  to  report  to  said  Board, 
in  writing,  so  far  as  known,  the  date,  ward,  and  street 
number  of  said  birth,  and  the  sex  and  color  of  such  child 
born,  and  the  names  of  the  parents,  and  the  age,  color, 
nativity,  last  occupation,  and  cause  of  death  of  such  de- 
ceased person,  and  the  ward  and  street  and  place  of  such 
person's  death  and  last  residence." 

KAILKOAD  CARS. 

SEC.  164.  That  no  railroad  car,  or  vehicle  constructed 
for  or  engaged  in  the  business  of  carrying  passengers  on 
any  line  of  railroad  in  the  City  of  New  York,  and  which 


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car  is  propelled  by  horse-power,  and  not  by  steam-power, 
shall  be  used  with  cushions  on  the  seats  or  on  the  backs 
of  the  seats  thereof. 

SEC.  165.*  That  each  and  every  car  used  upon  any  rail- 
road in  the  City  of  New  York  for  the  carrying  or  trans- 
portation of  passengers,  shall  on  each  and  every  day  on 
which  it  may  be  used  for  the  carrying  or  transportation  of 
passengers,  be  carefully  and  thoroughly  washed  and 
cleaned,  so  that  all  filth  and  dirt  are  removed  from  the 
inside  of  said  car.  And  no  dirt,  sand,  ashes  or  other 
similar  substance  shall  be  deposited  by  any  person 
operating  a  railroad  or  stage  line  in  the  City  of  New  York 
upon  the  surface  of  any  paved  street  in  said  city  without 
a  permit  from  this  Department. 

SEC.  166.f  That  no  straw  or  hay  shall  at  any  time  be 
used  or  placed  on  the  floor  of  any  railroad  car  engaged 
or  used  in  the  business  of  carrying  or  transporting  pas- 
sengers within  the  City  of  New  York,  unless  the  whole  of 
such  material  shall  be  entirely  fresh,  clean,  and  inoffensive, 
in  the  morning  of  each  day  during  which  the  same  shall 
be  used  or  placed  on  such  railroad  car,  and  such  straw  or 
hay,  when  used  for  the  purpose  hereinbefore  mentioned, 
shall  be  wholly  renewed  at  least  once  each  day. 

SEC.  167.  That  no  person  shall  at  any  time  carry  or 
convey  in  or  upon  any  passenger  railroad  car,  nor  shall 
any  conductor  or  person  in  charge  of  any  sucli  railroad 
car  allow  to  be  carried  or  conveyed  in  or  upon  such 
car,  except  on  the  front  platform,  any  soiled  or  dirty  arti- 
cles of  clothing  or  bedding,  in  baskets  or  bundles. 

*  As  amended,  .Tune  f,  1887. 
t  As  amended  Jan.  If). 


64  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

SEC.  168.*  That  every  car  used  for  the  transportation 
of  passengers  in  the  City  of  New  York,  shall  be  so  con- 
structed as  at  all  times  to  provide  and  secure  good  venti- 
lation. 

GENERAL  SUBJECTS. 

SEC.  169.  That  no  master  or  teacher,  or  manager  of  or 
in  any  school,  public  or  private,  or  of  or  in  any  Sunday- 
school  or  gymnasium,  nor  the  officers  or  managers  thereof , 
nor  officers  or  managers  or  persons  having  charge  of  any 
place  of  public  worship,  shall  so  far  omit  or  neglect  any 
duty  or  reasonable  care  or  precaution  respecting  the  safety 
or  health  of  any  scholar,  pupil,  or  attendant,  or  respecting 
the  temperature,  ventilation,  or  cleanliness  or  strength  of 
any  church,  hall  of  worship,  school-house,  school-room, 
or  place  of  practice  or  exercise,  or  relative  to  anything 
appurtenant  thereto,  as  that  by  reason  of  such  neglect  or 
omission,  the  life  or  health  of  any  person  shall  suffer  or 
incur  any  avoidable  peril  or  detriment. 

SEC.  170.  That  no  owner,  part  owner,  tenant,  or  occu- 
pant of  any  building  or  erection  shall  allow  any  part 
thereof,  or  any  substance  therein,  or  anything  thereto  at- 
tached, and  wliich  any  such  person  can  control  or  remove, 
to  continue  or  remain  in  a  position  or  condition  that  shall 
imperil  the  life  or  safety  of  any  person  thereat  or  therein, 
or  who  is  or  may  properly  be  in  any  street  or  place. 

SEC.  171.  That  no  person  shall  take,  carry,  expose,  or 
place  (or  induce  any  other  person  so  to  do),  in  or  upon 
any  street  or  public  place,  any  substance,  animal,  or  thing, 

*  As  amended,  Feb.  8, 1878. 


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which  shall  imperil  the  life  or  health  of  any  person  who 
is  or  may  properly  be  in  such  street  or  place. 

SEC.  172.  That  no  person  owning,  occupying,  or  having 
charge  of  any  stable  or  other  premises,  shall  keep  or  allow 
thereon  or  therein  any  dog  or  other  animal  which  shall 
by  noise  disturb  the  quiet  or  repose  of  those  or  any  one 
therein  or  in  the  vicinity,  to  the  detriment  to  the  life  or 
health  of  any  human  being. 

SEC.  173.  That  no  person  shall  race  or  run  or  rapidly 
drive  any  horse  or  other  animal  in  a  public  street  or 
place,  or  allow  the  same  to  so  move,  or  to  throw  or  send 
up  any  kite,  stone  or  other  substance,  or  burn  or  set  off 
any  fireworks,  fire-crackers,  or  other  substance,  whereby, 
or  by  reason  of  which,  any  human  life  may  be  put  in 
danger  or  peril. 

SEC.  174.  That  no  person  shall  engage  in  or  encourage 
any  fight,  or  the  dealing  of  any  blow  by  any  human 
being,  in  said  city,  against  any  other  human  being  ;  nor 
shall  any  person  permit  such  fight,  having  power  and 
authority  to  prevent  the  same. 

SEC.  175.  Annulled  January  28,  1879. 

SEC.  176.  That  no  person  shall  sell,  loan  or  give  to  or 
allow  to  be  taken  by  any  other  person,  any  fire-arms,  or 
other  deadly  or  dangerous  weapon,  when  there  shall  be 
any  reason  for  such  first-named  person  to  think  or 
believe  that  any  danger  to  life  may  illegally  result  from 
the  giving,  loaning,  selling,  or  from  the  use  of  such  arm 
or^weapon. 

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66  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

SEC.  177.  That  no  large  or  church  bell  shall  be  rung 
or  tolled  at  any  funeral  in  said  city,  without  a  permit 
therefor  from  this  Department,  nor  shall  such  bell  be 
rung  or  tolled  at  any  other  time  therein  to  the  prejudice 
or  peril  of  the  life  or  health  of  any  human  being. 

SEC.  178.  Annulled  January  25,  1881. 


ADDITIONAL  ORDINANCES  OF   THE   SANITARY   CODE. 

SEC.  179.*  No  adulterated  or  deleterious  coffees,  teas, 
or  other  preparations  from  which  drinks  are  made,  shall 
be  bought,  sold,  held,  or  offered  for  sale. 

SEC.  ISO.f  That  no  offal,  blood,  scrap,  guts,  gut- fat,  or 
refuse  of  slaughter-houses  shall  be  transported  through, 
brought  in,  or  allowed  to  be  between  Second  avenue  and 
Tenth  avenue  in  the  City  of  New  York,  without  a  special 
written  permit  from  this  Department. 

SEC.  181.  Annulled  January  16,  1877. 

SBC.  182. |  That  the  owners,  lessees  and  occupants  of 
any  building  in  the  City  of  New  York  in  which  hatch- 
ways or  well-holes  exist  or  shall  hereafter  be  constructed, 
shall  cause  the  same  to  be  effectually  barred  or  inclosed 
by  railing,  gates,  or  by  other  contrivances  approved  by 
the  Board  of  Health,  for  the  prevention  of  accidents 
therefrom. 

SEC.  183.  §  Annulled  August  18,  1887. 

*  Adopted  July  29, 1873. 
t  Adopted  August  1, 1873. 
t  Adopted  October  14,  1873. 
§  Adopted  April  28, 1874. 


THE    SANITARY  CODE.  67 

SEC.  184.*  The  business  of  slaughtering  animals  in 
the  City  of  New  York  shall  not  be  conducted  south 
of  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  street,  unless  the  same 
shall  be  in  buildings  located  upon  the  water-front, 
and  so  constructed  as  to  receive  all  stock  deliverable 
thereat  from  boats,  cars  or  transports ;  and  to  secure  the 
proper  care  and  disposition  of  all  parts  of  the  slaughtered 
animals  upon  the  premises  or  the  immediate  removal 
thereof  by  means  of  boats  ;  and  no  cattle,  sheep,  hogs,  or 
calves  shall  be  driven  in  the  streets  of  such  city  below  One 
Hundred  and  Tenth  street,  except  through  Sixtieth 
street  and  Eleventh  avenue,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of 
chapter  350  of  the  Laws  of  18b3,  and  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  chapter  394  of  the  Laws  of  1885  ;  nor  shall  any 
fat,  hides,  hoofs,  or  entrails,  or  other  refuse  parts  of 
slaughtered  animals,  be  transported  in  said  streets ;  nor 
shall  any  buildings  be  erected  or  converted  into  or  used 
as  a  slaughter-house  or  factory  or  place  forfat-rendering,  or 
for  any  offensive  business  growing  out  of  slaughtering, 
such  as  fat-melting,  hide-curing,  gut-cleaning,  bone- 
boiling,  glue-making,  etc.,  until  the  plans  thereof  have 
been  duly  submitted  to  the  Board  of  Health,  and  approved 
in  writing  by  the  said  Board. 

SEC.  185.  f  That  every  veterinary  surgeon  who  is  called 
to  examine  or  professionally  attend  any  animal  within  the 
City  of  New  York  having  the  glanders  or  farcy,  or  any 
contagious  disease,  shall  within  twenty-four  hours  there- 
after repoit  in  writing  to  the  Board  of  Health  of  such 
city  the  following  facts,  viz.  :  1st,  a  statement  of  the 
location  of  such  diseased  animal ;  2d,  the  name  and  ad- 


•  Adopted  October  13,  1874,  and  July  14,  1885. 
t  Adopted  August  20.  1876. 


68  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

dress  of  the  owner  thereof ;  3d,  the  type  and  character 
of  the  disease. 

SEC.  186.*  No  milk  which  has  been  watered,  adulter- 
ated, reduced  or  changed  in  any  respect  by  the  addition 
of  water  or  other  substance,  or  by  the  removal  of  cream, 
shall  be  brought  into,  held,  kept,  or  offered  for  sale  at 
any  place  in  the  City  of  New  York ;  nor  shall  any  one 
keep,  have  or  offer  for  sale  in  the  said  city  any  such  milk. 

SEC.  187.  f  That  every  person  who  omits  or  refuses  to 
comply  with,  or  who  resists  any  of  the  provisions  of  the 
Sanitary  Code,  or  any  of  the  rules,  orders,  sanitary  regu- 
lations, or  ordinances  established  or  declared  by  this 
Board  under  or  pursuant  to  any  of  the  provisions  of  the 
seventy-fourth  chapter  of  the  Laws  of  1866 ;  or  of  chapter 
six  hundred  and  eighty-six  of  the  Laws  of  1866  ;  or  of 
chapter  nine  hundred  and  fifty-six  of  the  Laws  of  1867; 
or  of  chapter  three  hundred  and  thirty-five  of  the  Laws 
of  1873;  or  of  chapter  seven  hundred  and  fifty-seven  of 
the  Laws  of  1873 ;  or  of  chapter  six  hundred  and  thirty- 
six  of  the  Laws  of  1874;  or  refuses  or  neglects  to  com- 
ply with  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  said  laws  in  so  far 
as  the  same  are  now  in  force  and  applicable  to  the  City  of 
New  York  ;  or  omits  or  refuses  or  neglects  the  execution 
of^any  order  or  special  regulation  of  this  Department, 
will  be  liable  to  the  arrest,  suit,  penalty,  fine,  and  punish- 
ment in  said  laws  provided  and  declared ;  of  all  of  which 
notice  must  be  taken. 

SEC.  188. 1  That  hereafter  no  Texas,  Colorado,  or 
other  dangerous  cattle  shall  be  driven  through  or  along 

*  Adopted  February  23, 1876. 
t  Adopted  June  12,1877. 
$  Adopted  September  4,  1877. 


THE    SANITARY  CODE.  69 

the  public  streets,  except  in  those  cases  only  where  the 
cattle  shall  be  landed  at  the  foot  of  the  street  leading  to 
the  slaughter-house  to  which  such  cattle  shall  be  destined, 
and  where  the  street  shall  be  effectually  barred  or  closed, 
so  as  to  prevent  the  escape  of  such  cattle  during  the 
transfer  from  the  dock  to  such  slaughter-house,  and  no 
such  cattle  shall  be  landed  except  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  and  restrictions  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  189.*  Whenever  a  nuisance  in  any  place  at  or 
upon  any  premises  in  the  City  of  New  York  shall  have 
been  found  or  declared  by  resolution  of  the  Board  of 
Health  to  exist,  and  an  order  shall  have  been  made  direct- 
ing the  owner  or  lessee  of  such  premises  to  make  suitable 
and  necessary  repairs  or  improvements,  or  to  abate  the 
said  nuisance,  such  repairs  or  improvements  shall  be 
made,  and  such  nuisance  shall  be  fully  abated  in  the 
manner  directed  by  the  Board  of  Health  within  five  days 
after  notice  thereof. 

SEC.  190.f  All  sinks,  basins,  and  stationary  tubs  in 
every  hotel,  lodging,  tenement,  boarding-house,  or  other 
dwelling  in  the  City  of  New  York,  shall  be  provided  with 
proper  stench  traps  directly  under  each  sink,  basin,  or 
stationary  tub,  so  connected  with  the  waste  or  soil  pipe, 
and  so  constructed  as  directed  or  approved  by  the  Board 
of  Health,  and  with  the  traps  so  adjusted  as  to  prevent 
the  escape  therefrom  of  foul  odors  and  gases. 

SEC.  191.J  Annulled  August  18,  1887. 

*  Adopted  October  9, 1877. 

t  Adopted  October  '.>.  1877,  and  amended  Nov.  27,  1877. 

t  Adopted  Oct.  9, 1877,  and  amended  Jan.  25.  1881,  and  April  7,  188.V 


70  THE    SANITARY    CODE. 

SEC.  192.*  Privy  vaults  shall  be  ventilated  and  shall 
be  constructed  or  repaired ;  and  manure  vaults  shall  be 
covered,  provided  with  drains,  and  built  or  repaired  in 
the  City  of  New  York,  in  accordance  with  directions 
from  and  orders  made  therefor  by  the  Board  of  Health. 

SEC.  193.f  The  waste  or  soil  pipe  in  every  tenement, 
lodging-house,  or  other  dwelling  in  the  City  of  New 
York  shall  be  ventilated  by  extending  the  same  by  means 
of  a  pipe  of  the  same  size  to  the  height  of  not  less  than 
two  feet  above  the  roof  of  the  building,  or  pursuant  to 
the  terms  of  a  permit  in  writing  from  the  Board  of 
Health. 

SEC.  194.J  That  no  cattle  shall  be  unloaded  from  boats 
or  shall  be  driven  or  allowed  in  the  streets,  avenues,  or 
public  places  in  said  city,  unless  distinctly  and  legibly 
marked  with  a  letter,  sign,  or  symbol  plainly  representing 
the  ownership  of  such  animals,  which  letter,  sign  or  sym- 
bol shall  have  been  previously  registered  in  the  office  of 
the  Sanitary  Superintendent,  approved  by  him,  and 
written  upon  the  face  of  the  permit  for  driving  cattle, 
issued  from  time  to  time  to  the  owner  of  such  cattle, 
under  the  rules,  regulations  and  ordinances  of  this  Board. 

SEC.  195.§  That  no  permit  for  driving  cattle  in  the  City 
of  New  York  shall  be  granted  to  any  person,  save  upon 
the  condition  that  all  such  cattle  shall  be  distinctly  and6 
legibly  marked  with  a  mark,  sign,  or  symbol,  approved 
by  the  Sanitary  Superintendent,  so  as  clearly  to  indicate 

*  Adopted  Oct.  9, 1877. 

t  Adopted  Oct  9,  1877,  and  amended  Nov.  27,  1877. 

j  Adopted  November  13,  1877. 

§  Adopted  November  13, 1877. 


THE    SAKITARY   CODE.  71 

the  ownership  thereof,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every 
person  applying  for  or  using  a  permit  to  drive  cattle  in 
said  city,  to  file  with  the  Sanitary  Superintendent  a  cor- 
rect statement  of  the  mark,  sign,  or  symbol  employed  by 
him  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  196.*  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner, 
lessee,  or  tenant  of  any  vacant,  sunken,  or  excavated  lot 
in  the  City  of  New  York  to  keep  the  same  at  all  times 
clean  and  inoffensive,  and  to  provide  around  the  same  a 
proper  fence,  so  as  to  effectually  prevent  the  throwing  or 
depositing  therein  or  thereupon  any  garbage  or  offensive 
thing  whatsoever,  and  also  to  prevent  persons  passing 
from  falling  into  such  excavation. 

SEC.  19?.f  That  no  live  chickens,  geese,  ducks,  or 
other  fowls  shall  be  brought  into,  or  kept,  or  held,  or 
offered  for  sale,  or  killed  in  any  yard,  area,  cellar,  coop, 
building,  premises,  or  part  thereof,  or  on  any  sidewalk 
or  other  place  within  the  built-up  portion  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  except  in  the  public  markets  of  said  city, 
without  a  special  permit  in  writing  from  the  Health  De- 
partment and  subject  to  the  conditions  thereof. 

SEC.  198. 1  That  no  cattle,  with  or  without  their  young 
calves,  shall  be  led  or  driven  through  or  along  any  of  the 
streets  of  the  City  of  New  York  without  a  permit  in  writ- 
ing from  the  Health  Department,  and  in  strict  accordance 
with  the  routes,  hours,  and  conditions  prescribed  thereby ; 
and  no  person  shall  lead,  attempt  to  lead,  or  cause  to  be 

*  Adopted  November  UO,  1877,  and  amended  June  11, 1878. 
t  Adoptrd  November  20,  18T7,  nml  ninciulcil  Juiu-  !»;.  1886. 
J  Adopted  April  :>3,  1H?H,  amended  June  II,   18TH,   December  14, 
1880,  January  18,  1881,  and  April  II.  1*C>. 


72  THE    SANITARY    CODE. 

led,  any  cattle  other-wise  than  singly,  one  person  with 
each,  nor  upon  any  sidewalks;  provided,  however,  that 
sheep  may  be  driven  on  routes  prescribed  for  them,  pur- 
suant to  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  permits  issued 
from  time  to  time  by  the  Board  of  Health. 

SEC.  199.*  That  no  deposit  of  bones,  decayed  fish,  or 
other  animal  substance,  nor  any  accumulation  of  bones, 
offensive  fish,  or  other  animal  substance,  shall  be  made  in 
any  tenement  or  dwelling  house,  or  in  the  cellars  thereof, 
in  the  City  of  New  York. 

SEC.  200. f  No  cow  shall  be  kept  within  the  built-up 
portions  of  the  City  of  New  York,  without  a  permit  in 
writing  therefor  from  the  Health  Department. 

SEC.  2014  That  for  all  lodging  houses  in  which  beds 
are  let  for  lodgers  containing  four  or  more  beds  in  any 
apartment  therein  for  the  use  of  lodgers,  a  permit  in  writ- 
ing from  this  department  shall  be  required,  and  no  per- 
son in  the  City  of  New  York  shall  have,  lease,  let  or  keep 
any  such  lodging-house  or  the  lodgings  therein,  or  assist 
in  the  keeping,  hire,  or  assist  in  hiring,  or  conduct  the 
business  of  any  such  lodging-house,  or  the  lodgings  there- 
in, except  pursuant  to  the  terms  and  conditions  of  a  permit 
in  writing  previously  obtained  therefor  from  this  Depart- 
ment, an  application  for  which  shall  be  made  in  accord- 
ance with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Board  of 
Health  by  the  person  or  persons  who  propose  to  use  the 
same.  The  beds  in  all  lodging-houses  and  in  every  room 

*  Adopted  July  2,  1878. 
t  Adopted  October  15.  1878. 

$  Adopted  Jan.  14, 1879 ;  and  amended  Oct.  11,  1881 ;  and  Feb.  26, 
1884. 


THE    SANITARY   CODE.  73 

in  which  beds  are  let  for  lodgers  shall  be  separated  by  a 
passageway  of  not  less  than  two  feet,  horizontally,  and  all 
the  beds  shall  be  so  arranged  that  under  each  of  them 
the  air  shall  freely  circulate,  and  there  be  adequate  ven- 
tilation. Four  hundred  cubic  feet  of  air  space  shall  be 
provided  and  allowed  for  each  bed  or  lodger,  and  no 
more  beds  shall  be  permitted  than  those  provided  in  this 
way,  unless  free  and  adequate  means  of  ventilation  exist, 
approved  by  the  Board  of  Health,  and  a  special  permit 
in  writing  be  granted  therefor,  specifying  the  number  of 
beds  or  the  cubic  air  space  which  shall  under  special  cir- 
cumstances be  allowed. 

SEC.  202.*  Any  cattle,  meat,  birds,  fowl,  fish,  fruit,  or 
vegetables,  found  by  any  inspector  or  officer  of  this  De- 
partment in  a  condition  which  is,  in  his  opinion,  unwhole- 
some 01*  unfit  for  use  as  human  food  shall,  upon  the  or- 
der of  the  Sanitary  Superintendent,  be  removed  from  any 
market,  street,  or  public  place,  and  the  owner  or  person 
in  charge  thereof,  when  so  directed  by  the  said  inspector 
or  by  such  order  of  the  Sanitary  Superintendent,  shall  re- 
move, or  cause  the  same  to  be  removed,  to  the  place  de- 
signated by  the  Sanitary  Superintendent,  or  to  the  offal 
dock,  and  shall  not  sell,  or  offer  to  sell,  or  dispose  of  the 
same  for  human  food.  And  when,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Sanitary  Superintendent,  any  such  meat,  fish,  fruits,  or 
vegetables  shall  be  unfit  for  human  food,  or  any  such 
animal,  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  fowls,  by  reason  of  disease, 
or  exposure  to  contagious  disease,  shall  be  unfit  for  human 
food,  and  improper  or  unfit  to  remain  near  other  animals 
or  to  be  kept  alive,  the  Board  of  Health  may  direct  the 

•Adopted  March  4,  1879. 


74  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

same  to  be  destroyed,  as  dangerous  to  life  and  health,  and 
may  order  any  such  animals,  sheep,  swine,  or  fowls,  -to 
be  removed  by  any  inspector,  police  officer,  officer  or 
agent  of  this  Department,  to  be  killed  and  taken  to  the 
offal  dock. 

SEC.  203.*  That  hereafter  no  person  shall  gather,  col- 
lect, accumulate,  store,  expose,  carry,  or  transport  in  any 
manner  through  the  streets  and  public  places  of  this  city, 
or  in  or  to  any  tenement-house,  cellar,  or  house  in  said 
city,  any  bones,  refuse,  or  offensive  material,  without  a 
special  permit  in  writing  from  the  Board  of  Health  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  conditions  and  subject  to  limitations 
thereof,  and  in  such  manner  as  not  to  cause  offensive  odors 
or  any  nuisance  whatsoever. 

SEC.  204.  f  There  shall  not  be  a  public  or  church 
funeral  of  any  person  who  has  died  of  small-pox,  diph- 
theria, scarlet  fever,  yellow  fever,  typhus  fever,  or  Asiatic 
cholera,  but  the  funeral' of  such  person  shall  be  private  ; 
and  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  invite,  or  permit  at  the  fun- 
eral of  any  person  who  has  died  of  any  of  the  above  dis- 
eases, or  of  any  contagious  or  pestilential  disease,  or  at 
any  services  connected  therewith,  any  person  whose  attend- 
ance is  not  necessary,  or  to  whom  there  is  danger  of  con- 
tagion thereby. 

SEC.  205.  \  That  the  owner,  lessee,  tenant,  or  occupant 
of  any  building  or  premises,  or  of  any  part  thereof,  where 
there  shall  be  a  nuisance,  or  a  violation  of  any  ordinance 
or  section  of  the  Sanitary  Code,  shall  be  jointly  and  sev- 

*  Adopted  March  4, 1879. 
t  Adopted  January  18, 1881. 
i  Adopted  March  4, 1881. 


THE    SANITARY    CODE.  75 

erally  liable  therefor,  and  each  of  them  may  be  required 
to  abate  the  nuisance,  or  comply  with  the  order  of  the 
Board  of  Health  in  respect  to  the  premises,  or  the  part 
thereof,  of  which  such  person  is  owner,  lessee,  tenant  or 
occupant. 

SEC.  206.*  No  privy,  vault,  or  cesspool,  shall  be 
allowed  to  remain  on  any  premises,  or  shall  be  built  in 
the  City  of  New  York,  unless  when  unavoidable  and  in 
accordance  with  the  terms  of  a  permit  issued  by  the  Board 
of  Health.  The  sides  and  bottom  of  every  privy,  vault, 
cesspool,  or  school-sink  in  the  City  of  New  York  must  be 
impermeable,  and  secure  against  any  saturation  of  the 
walls  or  the  ground  above  the  same. 

SEC.  207.  f  Any  milk  found  to  be  adulterated,  either  by 
the  addition  of  water,  or  other  substance  or  by  the  remov- 
al of  cream,  or  which  has  been  brought  into,  or  is  held 
or  offered  for  sale,  in  the  City  of  New  York  contrary  to 
the  provisions  of  section  one  hundred  and  eighty-six  of  the 
Sanitary  Code,  may  be  seized  and  destroyed  by  any  inspec- 
tor, or  other  officer  of  this  Department  authorized  to  in- 
spect milk. 

SEC.  208.  J  In  the  sale  of,  or  keeping  for  sale,  any  beve- 
rage or  drink,  no  person  shall  keep  or  use  any  tap,  faucet, 
tank,  fountain  or  vessel,  or  any  pipe  or  conduit  in  connec 
tion  therewith,  which  shall  be  composed  of  or  made  with 
brass,  lead,  copper,  or  other  metal  or  metallic  substances 
that  are  or  will  be  affected  by  liquids  so  that  dangerous, 
unwholesome  or  deleterious  compounds  are  formed  therein 

*  As  amended,  August  *4,  1887. 
t  Adopt.-d  Mny  -j:».  1888. 
t  Adopt.-l.lnly  •,»,'.  IsKI. 


76  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

or  thereby,  or  such  that  beer,  soda  water,  syrups  or  other 
liquids,  or  any  beverage,  drink  or  flavoring  material  drawn 
therefrom  shall  be  unwholesome,  dangerous  or  detrimental 
to  health. 

SEC.  209.*  Water  from  wells  in  the  City  of  New  York 
shall  not  be  used  for  drink,  in  any  tenement  or  lodging 
house,  hotel,  manufactory  or  buildings  in  which  persons 
are  living  or  employed,  or  in  which  there  are  offices,  restau- 
rant or  saloon,  except  under  and  pursuant,  to  the  conditions 
of  a  permit,  in  writing,  from  the  Health  Department. 

SEC.  210. f  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  undertaker 
having  notice  of  the  death  of  any  person  within  the  City 
of  New  York  of  smallpox,  diphtheria,  scarlet  fever,  yel- 
low fever,  typhus  fever,  Asiatic  cholera,  measles,  or  any 
other  contagious  disease  dangerous  to  the  general  health 
of  the  community,  or  of  the  bringing  of  the  dead  body 
of  any  person  who  has  died  of  any  such  disease  into  such 
City,  to  give  immediate  notice  thereof  to  this  Department. 
And  no  undertaker  shall  retain  or  expose,  or  assist  in 
the  retention  or  exposure  of  the  dead  body  of  any  such 
person  except  in  a  coffin  or  casket  properly  sealed ;  nor 
shall  he  allow  any  such  body  to  be  placed  in  any  coffin  or 
casket  unless  the  same  be  immediately  permanently  sealed. 
Nor  shall  he  assist  in  the  public  or  church  funeral  of 
any  such  person. 

SEC.  211. f  The  walls  and  ceilings  throughout  any  tene- 
*  ment  or  lodging  house  shall  be  thoroughly  whitewashed 
as  required  by  the  Board   of  Health,  and  not  less  than 
twice  in  each  year. 

*  Adopted  August  19,  1884. 
t  Adopted  August  18, 1887. 


THE    SANITARY    CODE.  77 

SEC.  212.*  The  house  drain  of  every  dwelling,  manu- 
factory, theatre,  store  or  building  in  the  City  of  New 
York,  used  or  occupied  or  intended  to  be  used  or  occu- 
pied by  human  beings,  must  be  of  iron  with  a  fall  of  at 
least  one-quarter  inch  to  the  foot,  and  where  water  closets 
discharge  into  it  the  drain  must  be  not  less  than  four 
inches  in  diameter. 

SEC.  213.*  No  brick,  sheet  metal,  earthenware  or  chim- 
ney flue  shall  be  used  as  a  sewer  ventilator,  or  to  ventilate 
any  trap,  drain,  soil  or  waste  pipe. 

SEC.  214.*  The  soil,  waste  and  vent  pipes  in  an  exten- 
sion to  any  building  must  be  extended  above  the  roof  of 
the  main  building  if  within  thirty  feet  of  the  windows  of 
the  main  building  or  of  an  adjoining  building,  or  when 
so  located  as  to  cause  a  nuisance.  The  diameter  of  any 
soil  pipe  shall  not  be  less  than  four  inches.  A  waste 
pipe  into  which  a  line  of  kitchen  sinks  discharge  must  be 
not  less  than  three  inches  in  diameter,  and  when  receiving 
the  waste  from  five  sinks  or  when  connected  with  five 
sinks  or  fixtures,  the  branch  waste  pipes  shall  be  not  less 
than  one  and  a  half  inches  in  diameter. 

SEC.  215.*  All  joints  in  iron  drain  pipes,  soil  and  waste 
pipes,  must  be  so  filled  with  oakum  and  lead  and  hand 
caulked  as  to  make  them  gas-tight.  All  connections  of 
lead  with  iron  pipes  must  be  made  with  a  brass  sleeve 
or  ferrule  of  the  same  size  as  the  lead  pipe,  put  in  the 
hub  of  the  branch  of  the  iron  pipe,  and  caulked  with 
lead.  The  lead  pipe  must  be  attached  to  the  ferrule  by 
a  wiped  or  overcast  joint.  All  connections  of  lead 

*  Adopted  Aug.  18, 


78  THE   SANITARY   CODE. 

waste  and  vent  pipes  shall  be  made  by  means  of  wiped 
joints. 

SEC.  216.*  Every  water-closet,  urinal,  sink,  basin, 
wash-tray,  bath  and  every  tub  or  set  of  tubs  and  hydrant 
waste  pipe  must  be  separately  and  effectively  trapped ; 
except  where  a  sink  and  wash  tubs  immediately  adjoin 
each  other,  in  which  case  the  waste  pipe  from  the  tubs 
may  be  connected  with  .the  inlet  side  of  the  sink  trap. 
Traps  must  be  placed  as  near  the  fixtures  as  practicable, 
and  in  no  case  shall  a  trap  be  more  than  two  feet  from 
the  fixture.  In  no  case  shall  the  waste  from  a  bath 
tub  or  other  fixture  be  connected  with  a  water-closet  trap. 
No  trap  vent  pipe  shall  be  used  as  a  waste  or  soil 
pipe. 

SEC.  217.*  No  drain  pipe  from  a  refrigerator  shall  be 
connected  with  the  soil  or  waste  pipe,  but  shall  discharge 
into  an  open  and  water  supplied  sink.  No  overflow  pipe 
from  a  tank  shall  discharge  into  any  soil  of  waste 
pipe,  water-closet  trap  or  into  the  drain  or  sewer,  but  it 
may  discharge  upon  the  roof  or  into  an  open  water 
supplied  tank. 

SEC.  218.  *  Rain  water  leaders  shall  not  be  used  as  soil, 
waste  or  vent  pipes,  or  be  connected  therewith;  nor 
shall  any  soil,  waste  or  vent  pipe  be  used  as  a  leader. 
When  within  the  house,  the  leader  must  be  of  cast  iron, 
with  leaded  joints;  when  outside  of  the  house  and  con- 
nected with  the  house  drain  it  must  be  trapped  beneath 
the  ground  or  just  inside  of  the  wall,  the  trap  being 
arranged  in  either  case  so  as  to  prevent  freezing.  In 

*  Adopted  August  18,  1887. 


THE  SANITARY   CODE.  79 

every  case  where  a  leader  opens  near  a  window  or  a  light- 
shaft,  it  must  be  properly  trapped  at  its  base.  The  joint 
between  a  cast  iron  leader  and  the  roof  must  be  made 
gas  and  water  tight  by  means  of  a  brass  ferrule  and  lead 
or  copper  pipe  properly  connected. 

SEC.  219.*  In  every  public  hospital  and  dispensary  in 
the  City  of  New  York  there  shall  be  provided  and  main- 
tained a  suitable  room  or  rooms  and  place  for  the  tem- 
porary isolation  of  persons  infected  with  contagious  dis- 
eases, who  shall  immediately  be  separated  from  the  other 
persons  and  other  patients  at  such  dispensary  or  hos- 
pital. It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  physician  or  physicians, 
of  the  officers,  managers  and  of  every  one  in  charge  of  a 
hospital  or  dispensary,  and  of  every  one  who  has  any 
duty  or  office  in  respect  to  patients  in  the  course  of  treat- 
ment, or  persons  who  apply  for  treatment  or  care  at  a 
dispensary  or  hospital,  to  see  that  a  report  is  immedi- 
ately made  to  the  Health  Department  of  the  City  of 
New  York  of  every  person  infected  with  a  contagious 
disease  who  comes  to  their  knowledge,  and  that  such 
person  or  persons  so  infected  are  properly  isolated  and 
kept  separate  from  other  persons  and  other  patients. 

*  Adopted  Aug.  2,  1888. 


80  THE   SANITARY   CODE. 

I,  EMMONS  CLARK,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Health 
of  the  Health  Department  of  the  City  of  New  York,  do 
hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  printed  "Sanitary 
Code,''  viz.  :  from  page  1  to  80,  consisting  of  219 
sections,  is  a  true  transcript  from  the  minutes  and 
from  the  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  said  Board 
of  Health,  and  is  a  true  Copy  of  the  Sanitary  Code  and 
of  the  original  ordinances  thereof,  now  in  force,  and 
of  the  amendments  thereto,  and  of  the  whole  thereof, 
and  that  the  same  are  now  in  full  force  and  entitled  to 
full  credence  as  such  ordinances  and  amendments,  and 
were  duly  adopted,  enacted,  published  and  confirmed  by 
said  Board  of  Health  agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  the 
Law  of  the  State  of  New  York,  entitled,  "An  act  to  reor- 
ganize the  local  government  of  the  city  of  New  York, " 
passed  April  30,  1873,  as  amended  by  an  act  entitled, 
"An  Act  to  amend  chap.  335  of  the  Laws  of  1873," 
passed  June  13,  1873,  and  to  the  provisions  of  chapter  636 
of  the  Laws  of  1874. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,   I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  affixed  the  Seal  of  the  said  Health  Department  this 
day  of  ,  A.  D.  18    . 


THE   SANITARY   CODE.  81 

CHAPTER  135. 

AN  ACT  to  simplify  the  proof  of  the  Sanitary  Code  in  the 
City  of  New  York. 

Passed  April  19,  1880;  three-fifths  being  present. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  New  York,  represented  in  Senate 
tnd  Assembly,  do  enact  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.  The  Sanitary  Code  adopted  and  declared  as 
such  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  Health  De- 
partment of  the  city  of  New  York,  held  in  the  city  on  the 
second  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
seventy-three,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the  Sanitary  Code 
mentioned  and  described  in  section  eighty-two  of  an  act 
entitled  "  An  act  to  reorganize  the  local  government  of  the 
city  of  New  York,"  passed  April  thirtieth,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  seventy-three,  and  in  all  courts  of  justice  or 
judicial  proceedings  proof  of  the  said  Sanitary  Code,  and 
of  the  proceedings  of  such  Board  of  Health  in  relation 
thereto,  by  the  production  of  the  book  of  minutes  of  such 
meeting  held  as  aforesaid,  or  a  transcript  of  the  record  of 
such  proceedings  duly  authenticated  by  the  secretary  of  the 
said  Board  of  Health,  shall  be  held  and  taken  as  complete 
and  valid  evidence  of  the  said  Sanitary  Code,  its  due 
adoption,  enactment  and  publication ;  and  such  Sanitary 
Code  shall  be  deemed  in  full  force  and  operative  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  save  as  duly  modified  or  repealed  by 
the  said  Board  of  Health. 

SEC.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


INDEX  TO  THE  SANITARY  CODE. 


SECTIONS. 

Adulterations,  etc 14, 15,  16 

Alcoholic  spirits,  distillery  of 82,  118 

Animal  matter,  putrid,  not  to  be  thrown  into  streets,  sewers,  etc 89 

Animal  food,  age  of 30 

Animals,  dangerous  or  offensive 49,  202 

»'        slaughtering  of 56,  184 

"         slaughtering  of,  prohibited  below  Thirty-ninth  street — 56,  184 

"  "  between  Second  and  Tenth  Aves....' 64 

"        not  to  be  killed  or  dressed  in  market 61 

"        dead,  sick,  and  injured 120,  121,  122 

"        sick  of  contagious  disease  to  be  reported 185 

"  "     entrails,  etc.,  of 32 

"  "     not  taken  to  market  till  cool 82 

"     not  to  be  thrown  into  streets,  sewers,  etc 89,  122 

"  "     not  to  be  skinned  in  street 126 

"     glue-making  from 79,  80, 184 

"  "     duties  of  contractors  for 9,128 

"        mad 75 

"        noisy 172 

"         age  of,  whose  meat  may  be  sold 30 

"        dead,  piers  and  docks  for 127, 130 

"  "      skinnisg,  business  of 79,80 

"        diseased  or  injured,  to  be  reported 125 

"        diseased 120, 121 

"        injured  ordiseased,  how  killed 123 

'.'  "        who  may  interfere  with 126 

"        dead  or  past  recovery  to  be  removed 124, 129 

"        with  kydrophobia  or  exposed  thereto 75 

Animal  substance,  deposit  of 199,  203 

Apartments,  when  not  to  be  occupied 19 

Ash-boxes 95-96 

Ash-carts,  construction  of 105,  107 

"  Ashes,"  meaning  of 2 

Ashes,  delivery  of,  to  carts 97 

4 '       removing  of 95 

"       not  to  be  mixed  with  garbage 95,  183 

"       not  to  be  sifted  in  street 98 

"       not  to  be  thrown  into  streets  or  rivers 87 

"       persons  engaged  in  removing 103,  104,  108,  109,  112 

"      from  forges,  etc 117 

"      sprinkled  on  walks 68 

Asses 49,  53,  121 


INDEX  TO  THE    SANITARY   CODE.  83 

SECTIONS. 

Basins  to  have  proper  traps 190,  216 

Bath  room,  sleeping  In 19 

Baths  to  be  trapped 216 

Batn  pipes  not  to  be  connected  with  water-closet  pipes  216 

Bedding  for  vessels 141,  146 

stables 112 

Bells 177 

Beverage,  beer  or  drink 208 

Bill  of  Health,  authority  to  give 13 

Birds,  unsound,  to  be  reported 40,  202 

"       not  sound  and  fresh 39.    36 

"       not  sound,  mode  of  treating 42 

"       mode  of  keeping 56 

"      offensive 122 

"       that  died  by  disease  or  accident 29 

Births,  deaths,  and  marriages 160,  163 

"       assistants  at,  duties  of 160 

registry  of 160 

"       report  of,  to  be  made 161,  163 

"       who  shall  report 163 

"       statement  of,  by  clerks  mid  officers  as  to 162 

Blasting 175 

Blacksmiths 98,  117 

Blood,  transporting  of 80,  180 

"      not  allowed  to  go  into  sewer 89 

"  Board,"  meaning  of 1 

Board  of  Police,  duties  of 11 

"  "       to  enforce  Code 12 

"  Boarding-house,"  meaning  ol 3 

"          keepers  to  report  persons  sick 133,  137 

Boarding-houses,  no  poisonous  or  unwholesome  food  or  drinks  in 85 

"       privies  or  water-closets  for 22,  190 

"       not  to  be  overcrowded 20 

to  be  ventilated,  etc 23 

14       owners  of,  to  provide  for  health 23 

"  "      tenants  in,  lessees  and  owners  of,  to  report  per- 

pcntons  rick  at. ' t. .  137 

Bone-boiling,  forbidden  without  permit 79,  80, 184 

"     burning,          "  "  79,80,184 

"    grinding,         "  " 79,80,184 

Bones,  deposit  of  199,  208 

Brick  in  street* M 

I '.?•  11  ic  not  to  escape  into  street 88 

HriK.klyn  burial  and  tr.insit  permit* 155 

Building,  precautions  to  Iw  observed  in 9b 

Buildings,  constructed  of,  etc 17 

Buildings,  dangerous  to  occupant*  or  IMUWUIII '. .  -  170 


84  IKDEX  TO  THE    SANITAKY    CODE. 

SECTIONS. 

Buildings,  to  be  ventilated,  sewered,  etc 17, 193 

"       when  not  to  be  let 18 

"        when  to  contain  nothing  offensive 92 

"        unfit  for  dwellings " 20 

"        diameter  of  house-drains 212 

"  Built-up  portions,"  meaning  of 1 

Burial,  mode  of 152 

"     returns  of,  to  be  made 155 

"     permits  of  Brooklyn  Health  officer 155 

Burning-fluid,  kept  or  sold 86 

Burying-places 152 

"          "       persons  in  charge  of 151.154,156 

Business,  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  health 79 

"  Butcher,"  meaning  of 7 

Butchers  require  permits 60,  62 

"       to  allow  inspection b3 

"       to  keep  places  clean 57 

Butchers'  ice-boxes,  refrigerators,  etc 39 

"        offal  and  garbage 89, 116 

"       refuse,  manner  of  transporting 116 

Butter,  unwholesome 45 

Calves,  young,  meat  from 30 

Carelessness,  responsibility  for 8 

Cars,  railroad,  cushions 164 

"          "         tobecleansed 165 

"         "        no  straw  in 166 

"          "        no  dirty  clothing  on 167 

"          "         ventilators 168 

Cargo  from  quarantine 142 

Carpets 98 

Carts  for  night-soil,  manure,  etc.,  construction  of 105,  107 

"          "    not  to  stand  in  the  street  106 

"  "          "    nothing  to  escape  from 109 

"        garbage,  etc.,  to  give  notice 103 

Cats,  diseased 120 

Cattle,  horses,  etc 49 

"  Cattle^'  meaning  of 7 

Cattle,  overheated,  diseased,  or  feverish 31, 120 

"     diseased,  to  be  reported 31,  202 

.    "    diseased,  to  be  removed  from  city 81 

"     Texas  and  Colorado,  dangerous 188 

"    in  vehicles 30 

"     not  to  run  at  large 49 

"     number  kept 52 

"     yarding  of 53,  60 

"     diseased,  not  to  be  brought  in , 120 

"    place  of  keeping , 51 


INDEX  TO  THE    SANITARY   CODE.  85 

SECTIONS. 

Cattle,  not  to  be  slaughtered,  dressed,  or  hung  in  street 58 

"    not  to  be  unloaded  in  street 49 

"     unsound,  mode  of  treating 42 

"     how  transported 54 

"     driving  in  street 188,191,195 

"     mode  of  keeping  and  slaughtering 56 

"     not  to  be  slaughtered  or  driven  south  of  Thirty -ninth  st 66 

"     not  to  be  slaughtered  or  driven  between  Second  and  Tenth 

avenues 64 

"     not  slaughtered  without  permit  56 

"     to  be  marked 194, 195 

Cattle-yards  require  permits 53,  60 

Ceilings  whitewashed 211 

"  Cellar,"  meaning  of 3 

Cellars 18,  19 

Cemeteries 152 

"       persons  in  charge  of 151, 154,  156 

Cess-pools,  price  for  cleaning 110 

•'       not  to  be  emptied  except  by  permit 101,  111 

"        contents  of,  not  to  be  put  into  streets  or  sewers 87,  90,  93 

"        contents  of,  not  to  come  within  two  feet  of  top 90 

"  "  "     become  offensive 90,  92 

"  "  removalof 93,111 

"  "  "     to  be  disinfected 110 

"        building  and  inspection  of 119,  206 

"        care  in  transporting  contents  of 106, 108, 116 

"        turning  and  stirring  contents  of 114 

"       offal,  ashes,  garbage,  etc.,  not  to  be  put  into 91 

"        not  to  be  filled  with  dirt  till  filth  h  removed 90 

Cheese,  unwholesome 45 

Chief  officers  of  vessels  to  report  person  sick 135.  138 

Chimney  flues  not  used,  or  ventilators  of  sewers,  etc 213 

Cholera 5 

Churches,  duties  of  officers  of 169 

Church  bells 177 

Cinders 287 

"      from  forges,  factories,  etc 117 

Cisterns 90,92,  115 

"  City,"  etc.,  meaning  of 1 

Clamshells 115 

Clergymen  to  register  marriages 160 

"        to  report  marriage* 161 

Coal,  included  in  term  "ashes" 2 

Coal-duHt 

Coal-yards 

Coffees,  deleterious 


86  INDEX  TO  THE    SANITARY    CODE. 

SECTIONS. 

Consignees  of  vessels  to  report  persons  sick 135, 139, 185 

Contagious  and  infectious  diseases,  reports  as  to 131, 139, 185 

Colts 49,53,121 

Concert  saloons 3 

"  Contagious  disease,"  meaning  of 5 

"  "          to  be  reported . 131,139 

"  "          persons  sick  with 143,148 

"  "          animals  sick 186 

"  "          articles  exposed  to 143 

"  "          needless  exposure  to 150 

"  "          duties  of  undertakers  in  casea  of 210 

"  "         undertakers  to  report 210 

"  "         hospitals 219 

' '  Contractor,"  meaning  of 1 

Contractors  for  night-soil,  offal,  garbage,  etc.,  duties  of 9,  128 

"         for  cleaning  streets 25 

"         to  comply  with  Code 9 

Coroners 159 

Corpses 151,  155, 157 

Cotton,  unsound  or  infected 140 

Cows 52,  200 

Croton  Water  not  to  be  interfered  with 48 

"  privy  or  sink,  to  be  connected  with 206 

Curb-stones 69,  99 

Decoctions 14, 15 

Dead  bodies,  interments,  sextons 151, 157 

li  not  to  be  buried  without  permit 151 

"  to  be  reported 167 

"  not  to  be  transported  without  permit 155,158 

"  not  to  be  unduly  retained  or  exposed 156 

Dead  animals  not  to  be  thrown  into  streets,  etc 113, 122 

"  to  be  removed 124 

"  tobereported 125 

Deadly  weapons 176 

Deaths,  marriages,  and  births 160, 163 

"       registry  of 160 

"       report  of,  to  be  made 16L,  163 

"       whose  duty  to  report 163 

"       statement  of  clerks  and  officers  as  to 162 

Definitions .' 1-7 

Dentist  included  in  term  "  physician  " 5 

' '  Department,"  meaning  of 1 

Diameter  of  house  drains. •. .  212 

Diphtheria  a  contagious  disease 5 

Dirt  and  filth 87,114,  116,119 

"  Dirt,"  meaning  of 2 

Dirt,  where  not  deposited 112 


INDEX  TO  THE    SANITARY    CODE.  87 

SECTIONS. 

r>in,  not  to  lie  piled  or  raked  up  in  street 129 

•'    not  to  be  thrown  into  streets  or  rivers 87 

•*    docks  for 127,130 

"    In  street 94,99 

"    removal  of 109 

"    persons  engaged  in  transporting 9,  128 

"  Disease,"  contagious,  meaning  of 5 

"         infectious  or  pestilential 5 

Disease,  specific  name  and  type  of,  to  be  reported 132 

"         contagious,  persons  sick  of  a,  to  be  reported 131, 139 

"         contagious,  persons  sick  of  a,  not  to  be  exposed  or  re- 
moved   148 

"         contagious,  articles  exposed  to 141, 143, 145 

"         persons  exposed  to 143, 146 

"          exposure  to 148, 150 

Diseased  animals. 120,  121 

"  "       tobereported 125 

Distilleries  require  permit 82 

Docks  for  offal  and  night-soil 127,  130 

"  "  "          vessels  not  to  go  to 182 

Dogs,  noisy 172 

Drain  pipes  in  relation  to  joints,  connections,  size  of,  etc. 214,  215 

Drain,  diameter  of  house  drain 212 

Drain  material*  and  connections  not  to  be  used  or  made 212 

Drainage,  arrangement  of 28 

"       tobeadeqnate 26 

Drink  and  food. : 29-48 

Drinks,  poisonous,  deleterious,  or  adulterated 41 

f     dangerous  or  detrimental  to  life  or  health 43,    44 

Drinking-hydrants 48 

Driving  fast ITS 

Drovers,  num!>erof,  to  accompany  cattle 55 

Drugs 14-16 

"    poisonous,  deleterious,  or  adulterated 16 

"    how  marked  and  sold 14,  15 

Ducks 197 

Dust  from  factories,  etc 984  117 

Dwellings,  diameter  of  house  drains 212 

Eggs 6 

Emigrant  vessels,  bedding  from 141 

Knforoement  of  ordinances 1 1.  12 

Entrails  of  dead  animals 32 

Excavations 92,  198 

Exposure  to  disease 148,  150 

Farcy,  animals  sick  with 121,  185 

Kut W 

"    only  fresh,  to  be  boiled  or  rendered 96 


88  INDEX  TO  THE    SANITARY   CODE. 

SECTIONS. 

Fat  not  to  be  brought  into  $ty  to  be  rendered 86 

"    rendering  of .- 81,    86 

Fat-boiling 78  80,  81,  86,  184 

•'          to  be  in  steam-tight  vessels 86 

"          odors  in,  to  be  destroyed 86 

"         to  be  free  from  offense 86 

Feathers 98 

Feet  of  dead  animals 32 

Fevers •. 5 

Fighting 174 

Filth  and  dirt 87,  119,  114,  116 

Filth  not  to  escape  into  street 88,  116 

Filling  grounds,  etc 83 

Fire-arms,  use  of 175,  176 

Fire-crackers  and  fire-works 173 

"  Fish,"  meaning  of 6 

Fish  when  for  sale 6 

"    not  fresh  or  sound 29,30,  36,  202 

"    that  died  by  disease  or  accident 29 

"    mode  of  keeping 56 

"    unsound,  to  be  reported 40 

"          "         mode  of  treating 42 

"    false  label  or  statement  as  to 37 

"    offensive 122,202 

"    parts  not  used  for  food 33 

"    decayed,  deposit  of 199 

Flag-stones 69,  96,  99 

Food,  unwholesome,  meagre,  or  sickly 30 

"     and  drink 14,16,29-48 

"     not  to  be  made  and  sold  under  false  name 14 

"     not  to  be  taken  to  market  till  cool 32 

"     unwholesome,  deleterious,  or  adulterated 16 

"     false  label  or  statement  as  to 37 

"     unsound,  mode  of  treating 42 

Forges 98,  117 

Foundries 98,  117 

Fowls,  not  sound  and  fresh 29,  30,  36,  202 

"          "          mode  of  dealing  with 42 

"          "          tobereported 40 

"       mode  of  keeping 56 

"       offensive 122,  202 

"       that  died  by  disease  or  by  accident 26 

"       permit  to  keep  197 

Fruit 29,  34,  37,  38,  40,  42,  202 

Furnaces  to  be  smoke-consuming , 118 

Funerals — contagious  diseases 204 


INDEX  TO   THE   SANITARY  CODE.  89 

SECTIONS. 

"  Garbage,"  meaning  of 2 

Garbage,  not  to  fall  or  be  thrown  into  streets,  rivers,  etc 87,  89,  116 

"       where  not  deposited 112,  113 

"       docks  for .127,  130 

"      not  to  lie  heaped  together  in  .street 129 

"      boxes 95,  96,  107,  IK 

"       not  to  be  mixed  with  ashes,  etc 95,  188 

"       how  transported 116 

"       removal  of • 95 

"       delivery  to  carts 97 

"      care  in  transporting 108,  109.  116 

"       persons  engaged  in  transporting 108/104,  108,  109,128 

"       duties  of  contractors  for 9,  128 

"       loading  and  unloading 113 

"       turning  and  stirring 114 

Garbage-carts,  noticeto  be  given  before 103 

construction  of 105, 107 

how  managed 106 

Gas 77 

"    from  factories,  etc 77.  117 

"   offensive,  dangerous,  or  prejudicial  to  life  or  health,  not  to  be 

made 77 

Gas-tar  not  to  escape 77 

Gas-works 77 

"       odors  from,  to  be  prevented 77 

Geese 49,53,  197 

General  subjects 169,  309 

Glanders 121,185 

Glue-making 79,  80 

Goats. 49,50.58 

Goods,  damaged,  not  to  be  exposed  for  sate 98 

Graves 153 

Grease 80 

Ground,  what,  and  when,  may  be  opened 84 

Grounds,  tilling  up 83 

Guns,  tiring  off 175 

Guts 180 

Gut-fat 82,180 

Gut-cleaning 79,80.184 

Gutters  to  be  cleaned 25,  167 

"      how  to  be  cleaned 25 

"     ice  and  snow  removed  from 66 

"      not  to  be  obstructed 94 

Gymnasiums 189 

Hair « 

Halls... .  21,  169 


90  INDEX  TO  THE  SANITARY  CODE. 

SECTIONS. 

Hatchways  to  be  inclosed 183 

Heads  of  dead  animals .j 32 

Heads  of  institutions  to  report  sick  persons 134 

Health,  bill  of,  authority  to  give 13 

Health,  duties  in  respect  to 8 

Officer  of  port,  duty  of 147 

"      inspectors'  duty 11 

Hide-tanning,  skinning,  etc.,  establishments 76 

Hides  not  to  be  unloaded  without  permit 141 

"     of  dead  animals 32 

Hogs,  unloading  in  street 49 

Horns  of  dead  animals 32 

Horses 49,53 

"    with  glanders  or  farcy 121 

"    sick 120 

Hospitals— contagious  diseases 219 

Horse-racing 173 

Hotel-keepers,  to  report  sick  persons 133 

Hotels,  tenants,  lessees,  owners,  etc.,  of,  to  report  sick  persons  in. 134, 137 

"House,  tenement,"  meaning  of 3 

"       boarding,  "  3 

"        lodging,  "  3 

House  drains,  d,iameter  of.  212 

Hydrants • 48 

Hydrant  waste  pipes  to  be  trapped 216 

Hydrophobia 75 

Ice,  removal  of 68 

"   ashes  to  be  sprinkled  on 68 

Infected  places  or  vessels 145 

Infectious  disease 2,  219 

Innkeepers  to  report  sick  persons 133 

Inns,  tenants,  lessees,  owners,  etc.,  of,  to  report  sick  persons  in 134 

Inquests,  coroners' 159 

Inspection,  obstructing 11 

"          to  be  permitted 63 

Inspectors,  duty  of 11 

Inspector,  may  destroy  adulterated  milk 207 

Institutions  to  report  sick  persons 134 

Interments,  sextons,  dead  bodies 151,  157 

"  require  permits 151 

Jails,  ventilation  Of,  food,  etc.,  for 27 

Kerosene 85 

Kite-flying  forbidden 173 

Lambs,  young,  meat  from 30 

Lamp-black  manufactory 82 

Lard,  only  fresh,  to  be  rendered  or  melted 86 


IXDRX  TO  THE  SANITARY  CODE.  91 

SECTIONS. 

Lard  rendering,  to  be  done  in  steam-tight  vessels 86 

"         odors  in,  to  be  destroyed 86 

"  "         to  be  inoffensive 86 

"     not  to  be  brought  into  city  for  rendering,  melting,  etc 86 

Lard-boiling 79,  80,  86 

Leather-dressing  establishments 76 

Leadersnot  to  be  used  for  certain  purposes. 218 

"      construction  of 218 

"  Lessee,"  meaning  of 15 

Liability  for  violation  of  Code 20 

Life,  duties  in  respect  to 8 

"  Light,"  meaning  of 1 

Lime 86,  96 

Lobster-shells 115 

Liquid  refuse  not  to  be  mixed  with  ashes  or  rubbish, 95 

"          "    receptacles  for .' 116 

"          "     removalof. 108,  116 

"          "    how  transported 116 

"          "    not  to  spill  or  leak  into  street 89, 116 

"          "     turning  or  stirring 114 

Liquids,  poisonous,  deleterious  or  adulterated 16,  41 

"       offensive 76,  88,  190 

"       false  statement  as  to '.    87 

Liquid  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  life  or  health 43,  44 

"        noxious  or  stinking 88 

"Lodging-house,"  meaning  of 8 

Lodging-houses 20,  85,  211 

"  food  in B3 

not  to  be  overcrowded 20,  201 

privies  for 22 

"  tenants,  lessees,  owners,  «tc.,  of,  to  report  persons  sick 

in 137 

"  walls  and  ceilings  to  be  whitewashed 211 

Lodging-house  keepers  to  report  sick  persons 133,  137 

Lota,  vacant,  to  be  provided  with  proper  tight  board  fence 196 

Mad  animals 75 

Magistrates  to  report,  etc.,  marriages 160.  162 

"  Manager,"  meaning  of. 1 

Managers  of  institutions  to  report  sick  persons 134 

"  Manufactory,"  meaning  of 8 

Manufactories 20,22,23,  98,  117 

"  no  overcrowding  of 2 

"  water-closets  for,  to  be  provided 22 

"  temperature  «f 28 

"  safeguards  in 23 

for  certain  purposes  not  to  be  established 82 


92  INDEX  TO  THE  SANITARY  CODE. 

SECTIONS. 

Manufactories,  refuse  to  be  removed  from 117 

"  diameter  of  house  drain* 212 

Manure  not  to  be  thrown  into  streets  or  rivers 87 

"  persons  engaged  in  transporting 104,  108,  109 

"  carts,  boxes,  etc ,  105,  107 

"  to  be  removed 100 

"  care  in  transporting 108.  109,  116 

"  where  not  to  be  deposited 112,  118 

"  handling  of 114 

"  loading  and  unloading 113,  114 

"  to  have  vaults  for 100 

"  turning  and  stirring 114 

docks  for 127,  130 

"  Market,  private,"  meaning  of 7 

Markets,  unsound  and  unwholesome  articles  not  to  be  kept  in 29,  36 

"  to  be  kept  cleanly 38,  57 

"  food  in 9 

"  refrigerators  in .'. 89 

"  animals  not  to  be  killed  or  dressed  in 81 

"  noxious  substance  not  to  be  brought  near 61 

Marriages,  births,  and  deaths 160, 163 

"  report  of,  to  be  made 161, 162 

"  registry  of 160 

"  statement  of,  by  clerks  and  officers  as  to 162 

Masters  of  vessels  to  report .' 135,  138, 141 

Matter,  offensive  or  unwholesome,  not  to  be  brought  to  markets 32 

"  filtny 88,116 

"  Meat,"  meaning  of 66 

"  when  for  sale 6 

•*  unsound  or  unwholesome 29,  36 

"  of  animals  that  died  by  disease  or  accident 29 

"  not  to  go  to  market  till  cool 32 

"  cased,  blown,  plated,  raised,  etc 36 

"  keeping,  mode  of 56 

"  unsound,  to  be  reported 40 

"  not  to  be  taken  to  market  till  certain  things  done 32 

"  false  statement  of  label  as  to 37 

"  to  be  kept  clean  and  wholesome 38 

"  offensive 122 

"  not  to  be  hung,  etc.,  in  street 58 

"  unsound,  mode  of  dealing  with., 52 

Medicines 14-16 

"  not  to  be  sold  under  false  name 14 

"  poisonous,  unwholesome,  or  deleterious 16 

Merchandise,  damaged,  not  to  be  exposed  for  sale 98 

Midwives 160,  161 


INDEX  TO  THE  SANITARY  CODE.  93 

SECTIONS. 

Milk,  false  label  or  statement  as  to 37 

"    unwholesome  and  impure 29,  45,  186,  207 

Milk  dealers  to  allow  inspection 63 

Misfeasance  and  nonfeasance 8 

Mules 49,  53,  121 

Night-soil,  dockland  piers  for 127,  130 

"       contractors  for 9,  128 

' '        handling  of 114 

"        care  in  removal  of 108,  109,  116,  128 

"        not  to  run  into  streets  or  grounds. 90,    93 

"          "     come  within  two  feet  of  top 90 

"       not  to  lie  in  street. 129 

"       to  be  disinfected : 110 

carts 107 

"       mode  of  using  carts  for. , 106,  109 

Nuisance,  to  be  abated  within  five  days  after  notice 189 

Negligence 8 

Nonfeasance  and  misfeasance 8 

Notice  ol  change  of  sewer  connection 26 

Nuisance 17,69,72,  92 

Nurses 5,  160,  161,  163 

Obedience  to  ordinances 9 

"  Occupant,"  meaning  of 1 

Occupations  detrimental  to  health,  or  dangerous 79 

Odors  and  liquids,  offensive « 76,  84,  111,  116 

Offal,  docks  for 127,  130 

"         "       "  vessels  not  to  go  to 129 

"     not  to  1  e  in  streets 129 

"     contractors  for '.9,  128 

"     loading  and  unloading 118 

"     handling  of 114 

"     boiling 79.    80 

"      not  to  Ix;  thrown  into  sewers,  streets,  rivers,  etc 87,  89.    93 

"     carts  for,  to  give  notic*- 103 

"         "    how  managed 106 

"          "    construction  or 105,107 

"     where  not  to  be  deposited 112,  113 

"     care  in  transporting 108,  109,  116 

"     persons  engaged  in  transporting 103,  104,  108,  109,  128,  180 

"     time  for  transporting 65 

"     to  be  convoyed  in  tight  vessels 56 

Offensive  material 87,  104,107,  203 

Offensive  matter*  and  things  not  to  be  in  markets 31 

"  Officer,"  mi-ail  in;;  of 1 

Officers  of  vessels  to  report 1:13,  l:;s.  Hi,  144 

Oil-boiling 82,    86 


94  INDEX  TO  THE  SANITARY  CODE. 

SECTIONS. 

Oil,  petroleum,  kerosene,  and  other 85 

Oil  test 85 

Omissions 9,  187 

Orders,  by  whom  to  be  executed 11 

"       to  be  observed 10 

Ordinances,  obedience  to 9.    10 

"          enforcement  of 11,    12 

Overcrowding 20 

' '  Owner,"  meaning  of 1 

Owner  and  tenant  jointly  and  severally  liable 203 

Owners  of  vessels   to  report  persons  and   articles  from   infected 

places 135,  138,  140 

Owners  of  boarding  and  lodging  houses  to  report  persons  sick 133,  137 

Oyster-shells 115 

"       saloons 115 

"  Party,"  meaning  of 1 

Pavement 66,    99 

Penalty  for  disobedience  of  Code 187 

"  Permit,"  meaning  of 1 

Permit  to  remove  persons  sick  of  contagious  disease 148 

"       to  remove  articles  exposed  to  contagion 143 

for  burial 151 

by  Brooklyn  Health  Officer 155 

"  "          Long  Island  City 155 

"          "          Richmond  Cfcunty 155 

"       to  remove  bodies 155 

"       to  deposit  manure,  offal,  etc 112 

"       to  keep  swine  and  goats 50,  53 

"       to  yard  cattle,  swine,  sheep,  goats,  and  horses,  ducks,  geese, 

or  fowls   52,  53,  197 

"       to  occupy  offal  or  night-soil  dock 130 

"       to  transact  certain  kinds  of  business 79.    82 

"       to  keep  cows 52,  200 

"       to  ring  bells 177 

"       to  blast  or  fire  guns 175 

'•       to  keep  pounds 71 

"       for  vessels  or  things  from  quarantine 142,  144,  147 

"       for  persons  or  articles  from  infected  places 145 

"       to  land  rags,  hides,  etc 141 

"       to  butchers  and  cattle-dealers 62 

"       to  slaughter-houses 59,  30 

"      to  cattle-dealers 60 

"      to  occupy  street  or  sidewalk 66,    94 

"       for  scavengers 102,  104 

"       to  persons  engaged  in  transporting  manure,  swill,   ashes, 

offal,  rubbish,  or  garbage 104 


INDEX  TO  THE  SANITARY  CODE.  95 

SECTIONS. 

Permit  to  empty  vaults,  sinks,  privies,  and  cess-pods 101,  102,  111 

to  unload  cattle,  etc.,  in  streets 49,  194,  195 

"  Person,''  meaning  of 1 

Person  to  report  contagious  disease 136 

Petroleum 85 

"  Physician,"  meaning  of 5 

•Physician,  to  keep  registry  of  births  and  deaths 160 

to  report  births  and  deaths 132,  161,  163 

"  "  deaths  by  disease 132 

"  "          name  and  type  of  disease 182 

what  included  In  term 5 

'•          to  register  name,  office,  and  residence 5 

"          to  report  persons  sick  of  contagious  disease 131,  136 

Piers,  manure,  etc.,  not  to  be  deposited  on 112 

"     for  offal,  etc.,  not  to  be  obstructed 127,  180 

*'     for  night-soil 127 

Pigs,  young,  meat  of 30 

Pie-pens 100,  106 

Pigs  not  to  ran  at  large 49,    50 

"    driving  in  street 5 

"    unloadingin  street. 49 

Pipes,  waste  or  soil,  to  be  ventilated 193 

"     waste,  soil  and  vent,  length,  diameter,  etc 214 

"     inflation  to  joints,  connections,  etc 215 

Poisons 15,    16 

Police,  duties  of 11,    12 

to  execute  ordinances 12 

Pounds 72 

Principals  of  institutions  to  report  persons  sick 184 

Premises  to  have  nothing  offensive  on  them 92 

Prisons,  duties  of  keepers  of 24 

Privies,  contents  of,  not  to  be  left  in  streets  or  rivers 87,  90,    93 

"      contents  of,  to  be  removed  by  air-tight  apparatus 102 

"       not  to  be  emptied,  except  by  permit 101,  102,  111 

"       construction  of 119,  192,  306 

not  to  be  filled  with  dirt  till  cleaned 90 

"       contents  of,  not  to  run  into  streets  or  on  grounds 90     93 

"  "  "    to  come  within  two  feet  of  toy 90 

•'  "  "    to  become  offensive 90.    93 

"  "  care  in  removing 108,116 

"       tnrningaml  stirring  contents  of 114 

"       to  bo  disinfected 110 

"      price  for  cleaning 110 

ashes,  garbage,  offal,  etc..  not  to  bo  put  into 91 

tul  m,  etc.,  in.  to  bo  tight 93 

to  be  provided  in  certain  buildings 22 


96  INDEX  TO  THE  SANITARY  CODE. 

SECTIONS. 
Privies,  gases  from 22 

"Public  Place,  "meaning  of 2 

Public  funeral 148,210 

Quarantine,  reports  from 147 

"          vessels,  persons  and  articles  that  have  been  in,  require 

permit 141,  142,  144,  145 

Racing  forbidden 173 

Railroad  cars,  no  cushions  in 164 

"  "   to  be  cleaned  daily 161 

"  "   nostrawin 166 

"  "    no  dirty  clothing  in ^ 167 

•'    ventilators 168 

Rain  water  leaders 218 

Rags  not  to  be  unloaded  without  permit .• 141 

Receptacles  in  privies,  etc 93 

"          for  ashes  to  be  of  metal 95 

for  garbage,  ashes,  etc 95,    96 

"  MM   nOj;  (0  reujajj!  on  sidewalk 95 

Refuse  material 205 

Refrigerators  of  butchers,  etc.,  construction  of. 39 

"  certain  connections  to  be  made    217 

Registry  of  births,  marriages,  and  deaths 160 

"Regulation,"  meaning  of 1 

Regulations,  special,  to  be  observed 10 

Relapsing  fever  contagious 5 

Rendering 79,  80,    86 

"        to  be  of  only  fresh  material 86 

"        to  be  in  steam-tight  vessels 86 

"        odors  in,  to  be  destroyed 86 

"        to  be  inoffensive 86 

"  Report,"  meaning  of 1 

Reports  required  . .  .40, 121, 125, 131, 132,  133,  134,  135, 13G,  137,  138, 139, 140, 
147,  154,  157,  159, 160, 161,  162,  163, 185,  310 

Reservoirs 46 

Rooms,  when  not  occupied 19 

"      no  offensive  thing  tobein 92 

"  Rubbish,"  meaning  of 2 

Rubbish  not  to  be  thrown  into  streets  or  rivers 87 

"        not  to  be  mixed  with  garbage,  etc 95 

"       not  to  be  piled  or  raked  in  street 129 

removal  of 95,99,109 

"       turning  and  stirring 114 

"       delivery  of,  to  carts 97 

"       carts  for,  to  give  notice 103 

"  "         how  managed 106 

"  "         construction  of 105,  J07 


INDEX   TO  THE   SANITARY  CODE.  97 

SECTIONS. 

Rubbish  contractors  for 9, 128 

docks  for 127,130 

persons  engaged  in  transporting, 103, 104, 108, 109,  128 

"        boxes 95 

"  Saloon,"  meaning  of 3 

Saloons,  and  persons  connected  therewith 35 

Sand 98 

Scarlet  fever  a  contagious  disease 5 

Scavengers,  permits  of 104 

Schools 169 

School  rinks 206 

Scouring  establishments 76 

Scrap 80.81 

Sewers,  solid  matter  not  to  pass  into 25,89 

•*        private, -Rases  from 22 

"       connections 26 

"       to  be  flushed 27,28 

"       construction  and  care  of 28 

Sewer  ventilation,  materials  and  connections  not  to  bensedor  made.  213 

Sextons— dead  bodies — interments  151, 157 

"      not  to  bury  without  permits. 154 

"       to  make  return 154 

"       to  register 153 

Sheep,  not  to  run  at  large 49 

"      not  to  be  yarded  without  permit 53 

Sheep,  sick  not  to  be  brought  in 120 

"     driving  in  streets 55 

Shell-burning 79,80 

Shells,  oyster  and  clam 115 

Ship  fever 5 

Shops 98,117 

Sick  persons,  removal  of 148, 144,  148 

Sick  persons,  report  of 131,  139 

Sidewalks 66.70 

"        dealers  in  meat,  etc.,  not  to  occupy 66 

"        ashes  sprinkled  on 68 

"        ice  and  water  not  to  be  on 67 

"        not  to  be  obstructed 69,  79 

"        no  animal  or  vehicle  to  be  on 70 

"        to  be  kept  in  good  condition 69 

Sinks,  contents  of,  not  to  be  put  into  streets  or  rivers 87,  90,  93 

"     tx>  have  proper  tra|>s 190 

"     not  to  be  emptied,  except  by  permit 101,  111,  206 

"    constructionof . . . 78.119,206 

"     contents  of,  not  to  nm  into  streets  or  grounds 87,  90 

••  "  "      coim;  within  two  fit-t  of  top 90 


98  INDEX  TO  THE   SANITARY  CODE. 

SECTIONS. 

Sinks,  contents  of,  not  to  become  offensive 90,  92 

"  "          to  be  disinfected 110 

"     care  in  transporting  contents  of '. 108, 109,  116 

"     turning  and  stirring  contents  of 114 

"     price  of  cleaning 110 

"    not  to  be  filled  with  dirt  till  emptied  of  filth 90 

"     tohave  traps 190,216 

"     offal,  ashes,  garbage,  etc.,  not  to  be  put  into 91,89 

Skinning  animals,  business  of 76,  79 

Skins 141 

Slaughtering  and  slaughter-houses 56,  63,  64, 184 

Slaughter-houses ' 57,  59, 184 

"  blood,  etc.,  from 58 

must  be  clean 57 

"  woodwork  in 57 

"  construction  of 59 

"  none  south  of  Thirty-ninth  street 56,  184 

"  none  between  Second  and  Tenth  avenues 64 

"  not  to  be  dwellings 56,  59 

require  permit 56,  60, 184 

"  blood,  offal,  etc. ,  in 57, 184 

Slaughtering  cattle,  mode  of 56,184 

"  not  to  be  done  in  street 58 

"  "  below  Thirty -ninth  street 56,184 

'•  "  bet.  Second  and  Tenth  avenues 64 

requires  permit 56.60.184 

Small-pox 5 

Smoke-house  not  allowed  in  tenement 17 

Smoke  from  factories,  etc 17,  82, 117, 118 

Snow  to  be  removed  from  sidewalk 66 

Soda  water,  syrup  or  liquids. 208 

Soil  pipes  in  relation  to  joints,  connections,  size,  etci,  of 214,  215 

'•         not  to  be  used  as  vent  or  drain  pipes 216 

"         materials  and  connections  not  to  be  used  or  made 213 

"         length  and  diameter,  etc 214 

"Special  regulations,"  meaning  of 1 

Special  regulations  to  be  observed 10 

Spirits,  alcoholic,  distilleries  of 82 

Spotted  fever  a  contagious  disease 5 

Steam  from  factories 117 

Stone  throwing 173 

Stables 100 

"     to  be  kept  clean 52,    57 

"     animals  in 172 

Stalls,  etc.,  in  market  to  be  clean 38 

Stores,  diameter  of  house  drain 212 


INDK.X  TO  THK  SANITARY  CODE.  99 

SUCTIONS. 

Straw  from  emigrant  vessels 141 

"     used  as  bedding  not  to  be  placed  in  street  or  burnt 112 

"  Street,"  meaning  of 2 

St'reets,  certain  articles  not  to  be  shaken  or  ex|»sed  in 98 

"       persons  in,  not  to  be  imperiled  by  buildings  or  erections 170 

"       nothing  to  imperil  life  or  health  to  be  placed  or  carried  in. . .  171 

"       mode  of  cleaning 25,  128 

"       dirt,  brick,  etc.,  in 91 

"       not  to  be  obstructed 70 

"       dirt  or  rubbish  not  to  lie  piled  or  raked  up  in 129 

Swill  not  to  escape  into  street 88,  116 

persons  engaged  in  transporting 104 

"     of  hotels  and  houses 116 

"     in  what  kind  of  vessels  removed 116 

"     vessels  with,  not  to  leak  or  spill 116 

"     removal  of 108,  116 

' '     receptacles  for 107,115- 

"     how  transported 116 

"     turning  and  stirring  of 114 

"     carts,  construction  of 105,  107 

"     mode  of  using 106 

"      boiling 7'J,    80 

Swill  milk 45 

"        butter  and  cheese  from 45 

Swine  not  to  go  at  large 49,    50 

*•     unloading  in  street 49 

"    "     places  where  kept  to  be  clean 51,100 

"     not  to  be  yarded  without  permit 53 

"     sick",  not  to  be  brought  in 120 

Tallow  not  to  be  brought  into  the  city  to  be  rendered 86 

"       rendering  of 86 

M       only  fresh,  to  be  rendered 86 

boiling 79.  80,    86 

"  "     to  be  in  steam-tight  vessels. 86 

"     odors  in,  to  be  destroyed 86 

"  "     to  be  inoffensive 88 

Tanks,  certain  connections  not  to  be  m  ide  217 

Tanning  establishments 76 

Tap,  faucet,  tank  or  fountain 208 

Tar  manufactory 82 

Tea,  deleterious : 179 

' '  Tenant,"  meaning  of ". 1 

Tenant  mid  owner,  liability  of 205 

"  Trnriiu-nt  house."  mcuiiing  of 3 

houses 20.    22 

"    not  to  be  overcrowded 20 

"  "    ventilation,  etc.,  of 18 


100  INDEX  TO  THE  SANITAKY  CODE. 

SECTIONS. 

"  Tenement-houses,"  water-closets  for 22 

"  '•        walls  and  ceilings  to  be  whitewashed 211 

Tenement-house  not  to  have  smoke-house 17 

"  Theatres,"  meaning  of 3 

"  diameter  of  house  drains 212 

Theatres 21 

Tombs  used  only  by  permit 152 

"     persons  in  charge  of,  to  register 153 

Transit  permits  of  Brooklyn  Health  Officer  and  others 155 

Traps  under  sinks 190 

"      location  of 216 

"      materials  and  connections  not  to  be  made  or  used 213 

Trap  pipe  not  to  be  used  as  a  soil  or  drain  pipe 216 

Tubs  in  privies 93 

"  "       construction  of 78 

"    stationary,  to  have  proper  traps 190,  216 

Turpentine  manufactory 82 

Typhoid  fever „ 5 

Typhus      "    5 

Urine  not  to  escape  into  the  street 88 

Urinals  to  be  trapped 216 

Undertakers  to  register 153 

Undertakers'  duties  in  case  of  contagious  diseases 210 

Undertakers  to  report  contagious  diseases. 210 

Unwholesome  articles  not  to  be  brought  to  market 32 

Vaccination 149 

Varnish  factories 82 

Vacant  lots  to  be  fenced 196 

Vats '. 78,  92 

Vaults  not  to  be  emptied,  except  by  permit 101,  111 

"     construction  of 78,  119,  206 

"      not  to  be  offensive 90,  92 

"     contents  of 90,  92,  93,  116 

"     to  be  disinfected 110 

"  "  not  to    be  thrown   into  sewers,    streets,   rivers. 

etc 87,90,    93 

"     to  be  ventilated 191 

"     contents  of,  to  be  not  less  than  two  feet  from  top 90 

"     turning  and  stirring  contents  of 114 

"     not  to  be  filled  with  dirt  till  emptied 90 

"     care  in  transporting  contents  of 108,  116 

"     ashes,  offal,  etc.,  not  to  be  put  in 91 

14     prices  for  cleaning 110 

"     for  burial 1M 

"     persons  in  charge  of,  to  register. 158 

"     manure,  to  be  covered  and  ventilated 192 

"  Vegetables,"  meaning  of 6 


INDEX  TO  THE  SANITARY   CODE.  101 

SECTIONS. 

Vegetables,  not  sound  and  tresh 29,  202 

"          unsound,  to  be  reported 40 

"          decayed  and  unwholesome,  not  to  be  kept  or  bronchi  into 

city,  or  offered  for  sale  therein 34 

"          false  label  or  statement  as  to !>7 

"          unsound,  mode  of  dealing  with 42,  202 

Vegetable  matter,  putrid,  not  to  be  thrown  into  the  streets,  etc 89 

Vent  pipes,  length,  iliameter,  etc 214 

•'          not  to  be  used  as  waste  for  water  or  soil  pipes 216 

Ventilating  of  waste-pipes '. 193 

Ventilation,  lodging-houses 201 

"  sewers,  traps,  drains,  soil  and  waste  pipes — materials 

and  connect  ions  not  to  be  used  or  made  213 

Vessels,  removals  from  and  unloading  of 110,  146 

"       reports  of  officers,  owners,  and  consignees  of 135,  138,  140 

"       physicians  on,  to  report 138 

"       removal  of  sick  from  143,  145 

from  quarantine 142,  144 

"       nothing  to  be  cast  from 146 

"       not  to  unload  sKin.s  rags,  hides,  etc.,  without  permit 141 

"       not  to  go  to  offal  docks 130 

Veterinary  surgeons 185 

Waste  pipes,  materials  and  connections  not  to  be  used  or  made 213 

"  li'iiirth.  diameter,  etc 214 

' '  in  relation  to  j  oints,  connections,  size,  etc 214,  215 

"  not  to  be  used  for  a  vent  or  soil  pipe 216 

Wash  trays,  to  be  trapped 216 

\V;it<T  from  buildings  not  to  pass  on  to  walk 67 

"     reservoirs,  pipes,  etc.,  for,  to  be  kept  pure 46 

"     for  human  consumption 47 

"     to  flush  sewers 27 

"     offensive 76 

"     closets 78 

"          "     pi|»CH  not  to  be  connected  with  bath  pi|w« 216 

"          "     not  to  b«  offensive 90,    92 

"  "      to  be  provided  in  certain  houses 22 

"     gawsfrom 22 

'  "      to  !»•  trapiK-d 216 

"          "     to  be  ventilated,  etc 78 

"      drinking 209 

-      well 209 

Waste-pi|>e  ventilating 198 

"     pi  IK-.,  con-inn -i  ion  ainl  connections 214,  215 

Weapon* 178 

W.-II  hol,-s  t/>  !.<•  inclosed 1M 

Whitewashing  walls  and  ceilingH  211 

Yarding  cattle,  sheep,  horses,  etc 60 

Yellow  fever 5 


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